Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hendren, Margaret McLeod October 4, 2003
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Kansas City Star, The (MO) - Friday, October 10, 2003




Margaret McLeod Hendren died peacefully at home Saturday October 4,2003, just a 
month shy of her 105th birthday. A celebration of thanksgiving will be held at 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Wednesday, October 15, at 2 p.m. In lieu of 
flowers, she would be pleased by a remembrance to St. Paul's Church, St. Luke's 
Hospital or the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.



Mrs. Hendren was born November 8, 1898, in New Orleans, LA, to Elizabeth and 
William McLeod. Because of her academic achievement in high school, she 
graduated at age 16. Deemed too young to enter college, she took a postgraduate 
year in Athens, GA. She then entered Newcomb College of Tulane University, 
majoring in music. An accomplished pianist, she gave many individual recitals. 
Her musical interests were broad and at one time she accompanied the popular 
jazz group, "Six and Seven Eights." She received the honor of being made a 
member of Mu Phi Epsilon, the national music society. She was a longtime, loyal 
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.



In 1923, Margaret married William Hardy Hendren Jr. They had three children, 
Margaret Hendren Lombardi, Dr. William Hardy Hendren, and Carol Hendren Robb.



In 1933, they moved to Kansas City, where Mr. Hendren became the president of 
United Film.



Margaret was a member of St. Paul's Altar Guild, St. Luke's Auxiliary, and a 40-
year volunteer docent at the Nelson Gallery, Docent Emeritae and Society of 
Fellows. She was a member of the Junior League. In 2002, she was saluted for 
her 73 years of membership in the Junior League, and was recently recognized as 
the oldest living member of the Kansas City Country Club. 



Margaret is survived by her two children and their spouses, Hardy and Eleanor 
Hendren of Boston, Carol and Bruce Robb of Kansas City.



Dr. Hendren is distinguished professor of surgery, Harvard Medical School and



emeritus chief of surgery at Children's Hospital in Boston, She has 16 
grandchildren. Dr. Hendren's children are Douglas Hardy Hendren, M.D., William 
Grant Hendren, M.D., Robert Bruce Hendren, M.D., and David Frasier Hendren. 
Margaret Lombardi's children are Lucy Evans, David Lombardi, and Kimball 
Lombardi. Carol Robb's children are Melanie McLeod Smith, Adam Bruce Robb, and 
Margaret Adele O'Neill. Altogether, there are 22 great-grandchildren.







As the matriarch of many, her memory will be cherished for her intelligence, 
her sharp sense of humor, her consideration of others, and her staunch, 
Scottish fortitude.









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