 1925 - 2012 (87 years)
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| Name |
Dorothea Richardson |
| Birth |
1925 |
Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| _UID |
6780F4379DC945F18F9FFF0184F069591218 |
| Death |
6 Jun 2012 |
| Burial |
Y [1] |
| Person ID |
I10440 |
broderick |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S270] Ancestry.com, U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, (This on-line database contains recent obituariesextracted by Ancestry.com from a wide selection of newspapers, as published on the internet. Provides source information and links to the full obituary text), http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-winchester/obituary.aspx?n=dorothea-r-wendell&pid=158163268 (Reliability: 3).
Dorothea Richardson Wendell, an entrepreneur, business manager, civic participant, mother of three and grandmother of ten, died June 6, 2012 from lung cancer. Born in 1925 in Winchester, Mass., she graduated from Brimmer and May School in Boston and Smith College in Northampton and was married to Harlan L.P. Wendell since September 10, 1949. She spent summers in Essex. She is the daughter of Harris S. Richardson, a President of the Massachusetts State Senate, and Anna Thayer Richardson. Two brothers, Harris Jr. and Franklin, predeceased her. There will be a service in the Congregational Church at 11:30 am on July 6. In 1975, she was hired to rescue and manage the close-to-bankrupt Christiana-Millcreek Tennis Club in Wilmington, Del. where Mr. Wendell was employed with DuPont Company. From a falling membership of 150 tennis players, she rebuilt the Club to 1,000 members through innovative activities and special care for players. Then she formed Tennis Management Services to provide consulting services in four states and managed Delaware's Junior Wightman Tennis Development Program. She played tennis and golf. In 1984, she became an entrepreneur by developing an aluminum Turkey Lifter to help home cooks remove them from a hot oven. After successful sales, she sold the product to Rowoco, Elmsford, N.Y., a large maker of kitchen specialties. Moving to Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan following her husband's recruitment as an executive by Ford Motor Company, she launched a retail, corporate sales, and mail-order chocolate-chip cookie business named Conomo Cookies. Expanding beyond the capacity of her home kitchen, Mrs. Wendell contracted production with a local bakery in Grosse Pointe, leased space in a strip-mall for packaging and distribution, hired nine employees and sold more than half a million cookies in the first two years. She sold to customers in 50 states and five other countries. The December 20, 1983 edition of the Detroit News published a long story and photo about Mrs. Wendell's Conomo Cookies on the front page of its business section, describing her success in the "bitterly competitive business" field. She was a teacher at Brimmer and May School and an Arlington, Mass. public school. In Wilmington, she was a trustee of Brandywine College and the Junior Board of Delaware Hospital, director of the Curative Workshop, and president of the Delaware Smith College Club. She was active in presidential, congressional, gubernatorial and mayoralty campaigns. She was also president of the Conomo Point Women's Association. She is listed in "Who's Who of American Women." In Essex, she was civically involved and was a donor or member of the Trustees of Reservations, Greenbelt Association, Essex National Heritage Commission, Essex Senior Center, and the Essex Historical Committee. She attended the First Congregational Church.
Published in The Winchester Star from June 23 to June 30, 2012 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-winchester/obituary.aspx?n=dorothea-r-wendell&pid=158163268#sthash.cUFBQq8H.dpuf
- [S473] Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970, Img 360 (Reliability: 3).
Name: Dorothea Richardson
Birth Date: 1925
Birth Place: Winchester, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 138
Page Number: 543
Index Volume Number: 112
Reference Number: F63.M362 v.112
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