The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-24
LAST RITES FOR
DIR. BARRETT
THURSDAY
Ex-Service Men Mourn Death
Of Famous CIubwoman.
Held Many Offices

Funeral services for Doctor Kate
Waller Barrett, seventy, one Of the
best known woman's club workers
and member OF many patriotic or
ganizaA ions, who died yesterday at
her residence, 4O8l Duke street,
Alexandria, Va, win be held at st.
Paul's Church, Alexandria, Friday
Afternoon at 1870 o'clock. Inter.
ment will be in Acquia Church Gene
terry. Stafford county, Va.
Doctor Barrett had been i'll for
two days from acute indigestion.
On Saturday night she had attend
ed the anniversary celebration Of
the Daughters of the American
shortly after her arrival home was
stricken by heart attack.
Beloved BY Ex-Service Men.
known and beloved throughout
the nation as friend to the ex-
service man, Doctor Barrett was
connected with practically every
movement to better conditions and
interests of the various veteran
organizations.
She was past president Of the
AUXILIARY of the American Legion
and was president of the Florence
Crittenden Mission recently estab.
lished in Virginia. At the Ma
tional Democratic convention Doc.
tor Barrett delivered an address
nominating Carter Glass for the
Presidency, and last year she was
mentioned as a candidate for the
governorship of Virginia.
ArnnnO har many activities D0C.
tor Barrett was president of the
International Council of Women.
State regent for the Daughters Of
the American Revolution for two
terms and State president and presi-
dent Of the local chapter of the Lee
gion auxiliary. She was national
chairman of the Mothers and Par.
ent-Teachers Association, and in
1919 was a delegate to the peace
conference at Zurich. The same
year she was special representative
of the Bureau Of Immigration in
Europe.
Studied Conditions in Europe.
Doctor Barrett was the only
woman appointed during the war rs
training camp activities. She rep
resented the Government at the ex.
positions at San Diego and San
Francisco, and in 1914 was ap.
pointed by the Federal Government
as special representative to inves.
tigate conditions of women of Eu-
rope.
Doctor Barrett's early education
| was received at the Arlington In.
stitute at Alexandria and was com.
pleted at the Florence nightingale
Training School and st. Thomas
| Hospital in London. In 1892 she
| received an M. d. degree from ths
Medical College of Georgia
Born in Whitewater, Va, Doctor
| Barrett was the daughter of Colo.
mel Withers and Anne Stribline
| Waller Withers She was married
to Doctor Robert South Barrett, OF
Wytheville, Va, in 1876. and is sur
vived by six children-Robert South
Barrett. Of Alexandria; Mrs. Ed.
ward Alfriend, of Atlanta; Mrs
Rathbone Smith, of Edmonton, AL.
berta, Canada: John Barker Bar.
rett, Of Clifton, Va; Major Charles
D. Barrett, u. s. M. c., and Mrs.
| Charles Poser, of Canada, and six
sisters-Mrs. r. A. Moncure. Mrs.
| North Caldwell. Mrs. Henry Mon.
cure, Mrs. w. r. Wight, Mrs. AL.
fred Pyke, and Miss, Pickett Waller.
Out of respect to her memory,
Stuart Walcott Post, American
Legion, is postponing the dance
| scheduled for tonight at the Mount
Pleasant Masonic Lodge rooms.
Frank l.. Peckham, department
| commander for the American LIE.
gion here said last night:
Mrs. Barrett's death is a dis
tinct loss to the American Legion.
She worked early and late for i.
and the auxiliary"