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Flanner Guild
Flanner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Frank Flanner (1854–1912), American mortician, woodcarver, philanthropist and humanitarian *Hildegarde Flanner June Hildegarde Flanner (June 3, 1899 – May 27, 1987) was an American poet, essayist, playwright and conservationist. Early years June Hildegarde Flanner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Frank Flanner and Mary Ellen Hockett. She had two ... (1899–1987), American poet, essayist, and playwright * Janet Flanner (1892–1978), American writer and journalist {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Flanner
Frank W. Flanner (December 5, 1854 – February 17, 1912) was an American mortician, woodcarver, philanthropist and humanitarian. Early life and family Francis (Frank) William Flanner was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio to Henry Beeson Flanner (1823–1863) and Orpha Annette Tyler (1824–1914). Frank came from a long line of Quakers and was raised in the small Quaker community of Mount Pleasant until he was 9 years old. His father served as a musician in the 113th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Upon the death of Henry Beeson Flanner in 1863, Frank, his mother and five siblings moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. Frank Flanner married Mary Ellen Hockett, a school teacher and actress, in Marion, Indiana in 1886. The couple had three daughters Janet Flanner, Marie Flanner and Hildegarde Flanner. Career Despite his education as a Latin teacher, Flanner opened a funeral parlor in downtown Indianapolis and became Indiana's fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildegarde Flanner
June Hildegarde Flanner (June 3, 1899 – May 27, 1987) was an American poet, essayist, playwright and conservationist. Early years June Hildegarde Flanner was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Frank Flanner and Mary Ellen Hockett. She had two older sisters, noted journalist Janet Flanner and Marie Flanner, a musician and composer. Frank Flanner was Indiana's first licensed embalmer and in 1881 he founded a company that is still in business aFlanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers In 1898, Frank Flanner founded the Flanner Guild, a not-for-profit community service center for African-Americans in Indianapolis, now called Flanner House. Later life Hildegarde Flanner attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia before moving to California in 1919 to attend the University of California, Berkeley. At the university, she studied poetry with Witter Bynner and was on the literary staff of ''The Occident''. Flanner was honored with the Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize in 1920 for her poem ''Young G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |