Funeral services for Dr. Anette C. Washburne, 65, of 219 N. Midvale Blvd. the only woman to serve as head of the neuropsychiatry division at University Hospitals here, before entering private practice in 1953, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lake Forest, Ill. A memorial Requiem High Mass will be sung at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Paul's University Catholic Chapel here. Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Cenacle Retreat House, Milwaukee. Dr. Washburne was found dead in bed at her home Friday by Dr. Betty Mortimer, who shared the home. Deputy Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr. said death was from natural causes and no inquest would be held. Dr. Washburne was born at Chicago, and received her medical education at DePaul University and the University of Illinois. She came to Madison in 1929 and served her internship and three year resident work in neuropsychiatry at Wisconsin General Hospital. In 1935, she was appointed assistant professor neuropsychiatry at the University here. In 1937 she left the hospital neuropsychiatric service to organize a neuropsychiatric division in the Department of Student Health at the University of Wisconsin. In 1939 she became associate professor of neuropsychiatry, and in 1948 was the first woman to be made a full professor at the University Medical school. In 1953 she resigned as head of the neuropsychiatry division, and went into private practice. She helped organize the Madison Neuropsychiatric Associates, and also aided in establishing a psychiatric unit at St. Mary's Hospital. She was a fellow of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the American Psychiatric Association. She was a member of the Central Neuropsychiatric Association, the Milwaukee Neuropsychiatric Association and the Society of Biological Psychiatry. She was an honorary member of the Madison Catholic Woman's Club. She was grand chapter president of Alpha Epsilon Iota, national medical women's sorority, and twice served as president of the Midwestern Association of College Psychiatrists and Clinical Psychologists. She has had 21 scientific articles published in various medical journals, and was co-author of a book on the human thalmus. She was a member of the Friday Club of Chicago, the Mayflower Society-Illinois branch, the Blackhawk Country Club, and the Huron , Mich., Mountain Club. She was a director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau. She is survived by a brother, Gatiot, DuBois, Wyo.
Capital Times (Madison WI) 28 Mar 1964, page 3