On August 30, 1941 as Kate D. Pulitzer, she married Henry W. Putnam at St. Sauveur's Church in Bar Harbor, Maine. The ceremony was performed by Bishop William T. Manning. The reception was held at Chatwold, the Bar Harbor summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Pulitzer.
They were the parents of two children.
Kate Davis Quesada died on March 5, 2003 in Scarborough, Maine at age 86. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the daughter of Joseph and Elinor Wickham Pulitzer. She was the widow of Captain Henry Ware Putnam, who died in the Pacific in 1945 and Lieutenant General Elwood R. Pete Quesada, who died in 1993. She was survived by two daughters of Inverness, California and South Freeport, Maine and two sons, both of South Freeport, Maine and six grandchildren. She was also survived by her sister, Elinor Pulitzer Hempelmann of Santa Fe, New Mexico and a brother of St. Louis, Missouri. Memorial services were held in Hobe Sound, Florida. Contributions were suggested to the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
Source: The New York Times, March 11, 2003.
On August 30, 1941 as Kate D. Pulitzer, she married Henry W. Putnam at St. Sauveur's Church in Bar Harbor, Maine. The ceremony was performed by Bishop William T. Manning. The reception was held at Chatwold, the Bar Harbor summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Pulitzer.
They were the parents of two children.
Kate Davis Quesada died on March 5, 2003 in Scarborough, Maine at age 86. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the daughter of Joseph and Elinor Wickham Pulitzer. She was the widow of Captain Henry Ware Putnam, who died in the Pacific in 1945 and Lieutenant General Elwood R. Pete Quesada, who died in 1993. She was survived by two daughters of Inverness, California and South Freeport, Maine and two sons, both of South Freeport, Maine and six grandchildren. She was also survived by her sister, Elinor Pulitzer Hempelmann of Santa Fe, New Mexico and a brother of St. Louis, Missouri. Memorial services were held in Hobe Sound, Florida. Contributions were suggested to the Maine Coast Heritage Trust.
Source: The New York Times, March 11, 2003.
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