Paul, Loretta

1918 - 2008  (89 years)

• Name	Paul, Loretta  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	15 Sep 1918	Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Died	17 Feb 2008	Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA   [3, 4, 8]
  Buried	Garrison Forest Veteran's Cemetery, Owings Mills, Baltimore, Maryland, USA   [3, 9]
  Person ID	I18176	Our Family
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family 1	Klaber, Joseph Henry,   b. 30 Nov 1916, New York, New York, New York, USA ,   d. 15 Dec 1947, Bryn Mawr, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Bef 1947
  Children	+ 1. Permutt, Nina Rachel
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F6729	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Permutt, Solbert,   b. 6 Mar 1925, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA ,   d. 23 May 2012  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F8029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Loretta P. Permutt, 89 Research coordinator February 19, 2008 Loretta Paul Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins School of Public Health administrator, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at her Mount Washington home. She was 89. Born Loretta Paul in Pittsburgh, she served in Army intelligence in the Pacific during World War II. She left the service as a staff sergeant. She then attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago. She moved to Baltimore in the 1950s and, after raising her family, she became a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health clerk. She was promoted to faculty assistant to Dr. Abraham M. Lilienfeld in the epidemiology department. She coordinated research projects and grants proposals before retiring about 40 years ago. Mrs. Permutt read to the blind on the Radio Reading Service. Trained as a mediator, she settled disputes and also tutored adults in literacy projects. She traveled extensively and enjoyed cooking. She also hosted a weekly bridge club and was a conversationalist to friends and family. "She had a wonderful gift for understanding people," said her son-in-law, Jim Meade of Fairfield, Iowa. Survivors include her husband of more than 60 years, Dr. Solbert Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School professor and pulmonologist; a son, Thomas Permutt of Columbia; two daughters, Nina Meade of Fairfield and Lisa Ellen Permutt of Baltimore; a sister, Martha Adams of Philadelphia; five grandchildren; and two great-grandsons. Loretta P. Permutt, 89 Research coordinator February 19, 2008 Loretta Paul Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins School of Public Health administrator, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at her Mount Washington home. She was 89. Born Loretta Paul in Pittsburgh, she served in Army intelligence in the Pacific during World War II. She left the service as a staff sergeant. She then attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago. She moved to Baltimore in the 1950s and, after raising her family, she became a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health clerk. She was promoted to faculty assistant to Dr. Abraham M. Lilienfeld in the epidemiology department. She coordinated research projects and grants proposals before retiring about 40 years ago. Mrs. Permutt read to the blind on the Radio Reading Service. Trained as a mediator, she settled disputes and also tutored adults in literacy projects. She traveled extensively and enjoyed cooking. She also hosted a weekly bridge club and was a conversationalist to friends and family. "She had a wonderful gift for understanding people," said her son-in-law, Jim Meade of Fairfield, Iowa. Survivors include her husband of more than 60 years, Dr. Solbert Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School professor and pulmonologist; a son, Thomas Permutt of Columbia; two daughters, Nina Meade of Fairfield and Lisa Ellen Permutt of Baltimore; a sister, Martha Adams of Philadelphia; five grandchildren; and two great-grandsons. Loretta P. Permutt, 89 Research coordinator February 19, 2008 Loretta Paul Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins School of Public Health administrator, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at her Mount Washington home. She was 89. Born Loretta Paul in Pittsburgh, she served in Army intelligence in the Pacific during World War II. She left the service as a staff sergeant. She then attended Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago. She moved to Baltimore in the 1950s and, after raising her family, she became a Johns Hopkins School of Public Health clerk. She was promoted to faculty assistant to Dr. Abraham M. Lilienfeld in the epidemiology department. She coordinated research projects and grants proposals before retiring about 40 years ago. Mrs. Permutt read to the blind on the Radio Reading Service. Trained as a mediator, she settled disputes and also tutored adults in literacy projects. She traveled extensively and enjoyed cooking. She also hosted a weekly bridge club and was a conversationalist to friends and family. "She had a wonderful gift for understanding people," said her son-in-law, Jim Meade of Fairfield, Iowa. Survivors include her husband of more than 60 years, Dr. Solbert Permutt, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School professor and pulmonologist; a son, Thomas Permutt of Columbia; two daughters, Nina Meade of Fairfield and Lisa Ellen Permutt of Baltimore; a sister, Martha Adams of Philadelphia; five grandchildren; and two great-grandsons.

  
  

• Sources

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