Thelma W. Seltzer, (Mrs. Leo M. Seltzer, M.D.), 93, of New York, N.Y., formerly of Charleston, passed away June 27, 2013, at Lenox Hospital, New York, N.Y.
Beloved and devoted wife and mother, she was a past member of Congregation B'nai Jacob and Temple B'nai Israel, Charleston, W.Va., where she was a member of the Temple Sisterhood. She was a founding board member of the Charleston Ballet. A native of West Rutland, Vt., she was valedictorian of her class at West Rutland High School. She met her husband, Leo M. Seltzer, while studying at the University of Vermont. They graduated in 1941, she with a B.A. in business administration and he with an M.D., a doctor of medicine.
They married in 1942 in New York City and afterwards moved to Camp Pickett, Va., where her husband was a lieutenant colonel in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion of the United States Army during World War II and she worked in the camp's dental office. When her husband sailed to Europe, she returned to New York. There she typed in code for the top secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb subsequently dropped on Japan and which hastened the end of the war in the Pacific in August of 1945.
After her husband returned from France, they moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., where he continued post-graduate studies and a residency; she gave birth to a daughter, Joanne and son, Bruce. They settled in Charleston in 1949, reared their children and he practiced medicine. Thelma, a most attentive mother, stressed artistic endeavors and education for her children and willingly drove them and their friends to their multitudinous lessons, parties and dances.
Dr. Seltzer, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was busy night and day; thus she focused her attention on him and his patients, as if his practice were her own. Thelma never hesitated to drop what she was doing to find a lost and needed medical chart or complained at having to answer the phone at all hours or needing to keep dinner warm until he arrived home after 11 p.m. most evenings. Often she was aroused from sleep in the middle of the night to help him out the door to deliver a baby. Mrs. Seltzer also helped manage his office.
After Dr. Seltzer passed away in 1971, Thelma returned to New York, joining her daughter there. She attended the Caring Community Senior Center for outings, lunches and lectures about art history and literature. With Joanne she enjoyed the ballet, classical music concerts, art museums and visiting historical houses.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Allan Wolins, M.D., Howard Willard and Melville Wells, Ph.D.
Thelma W. Seltzer is survived by her daughter, Joanne L. Seltzer of New York City; son, Bruce S. Seltzer of San Anselmo, Calif.; nephew, Jason Wolins and grand-niece, Regina Wolins of Sacramento, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Heath and Heidi Seltzer.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at B'nai Jacob Eternal Home, South Charleston.
You may send your condolences to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.
Beloved and devoted wife and mother, she was a past member of Congregation B'nai Jacob and Temple B'nai Israel, Charleston, W.Va., where she was a member of the Temple Sisterhood. She was a founding board member of the Charleston Ballet. A native of West Rutland, Vt., she was valedictorian of her class at West Rutland High School. She met her husband, Leo M. Seltzer, while studying at the University of Vermont. They graduated in 1941, she with a B.A. in business administration and he with an M.D., a doctor of medicine.
They married in 1942 in New York City and afterwards moved to Camp Pickett, Va., where her husband was a lieutenant colonel in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion of the United States Army during World War II and she worked in the camp's dental office. When her husband sailed to Europe, she returned to New York. There she typed in code for the top secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb subsequently dropped on Japan and which hastened the end of the war in the Pacific in August of 1945.
After her husband returned from France, they moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., where he continued post-graduate studies and a residency; she gave birth to a daughter, Joanne and son, Bruce. They settled in Charleston in 1949, reared their children and he practiced medicine. Thelma, a most attentive mother, stressed artistic endeavors and education for her children and willingly drove them and their friends to their multitudinous lessons, parties and dances.
Dr. Seltzer, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was busy night and day; thus she focused her attention on him and his patients, as if his practice were her own. Thelma never hesitated to drop what she was doing to find a lost and needed medical chart or complained at having to answer the phone at all hours or needing to keep dinner warm until he arrived home after 11 p.m. most evenings. Often she was aroused from sleep in the middle of the night to help him out the door to deliver a baby. Mrs. Seltzer also helped manage his office.
After Dr. Seltzer passed away in 1971, Thelma returned to New York, joining her daughter there. She attended the Caring Community Senior Center for outings, lunches and lectures about art history and literature. With Joanne she enjoyed the ballet, classical music concerts, art museums and visiting historical houses.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Allan Wolins, M.D., Howard Willard and Melville Wells, Ph.D.
Thelma W. Seltzer is survived by her daughter, Joanne L. Seltzer of New York City; son, Bruce S. Seltzer of San Anselmo, Calif.; nephew, Jason Wolins and grand-niece, Regina Wolins of Sacramento, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Heath and Heidi Seltzer.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at B'nai Jacob Eternal Home, South Charleston.
You may send your condolences to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.
Thelma W. Seltzer, (Mrs. Leo M. Seltzer, M.D.), 93, of New York, N.Y., formerly of Charleston, passed away June 27, 2013, at Lenox Hospital, New York, N.Y.
Beloved and devoted wife and mother, she was a past member of Congregation B'nai Jacob and Temple B'nai Israel, Charleston, W.Va., where she was a member of the Temple Sisterhood. She was a founding board member of the Charleston Ballet. A native of West Rutland, Vt., she was valedictorian of her class at West Rutland High School. She met her husband, Leo M. Seltzer, while studying at the University of Vermont. They graduated in 1941, she with a B.A. in business administration and he with an M.D., a doctor of medicine.
They married in 1942 in New York City and afterwards moved to Camp Pickett, Va., where her husband was a lieutenant colonel in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion of the United States Army during World War II and she worked in the camp's dental office. When her husband sailed to Europe, she returned to New York. There she typed in code for the top secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb subsequently dropped on Japan and which hastened the end of the war in the Pacific in August of 1945.
After her husband returned from France, they moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., where he continued post-graduate studies and a residency; she gave birth to a daughter, Joanne and son, Bruce. They settled in Charleston in 1949, reared their children and he practiced medicine. Thelma, a most attentive mother, stressed artistic endeavors and education for her children and willingly drove them and their friends to their multitudinous lessons, parties and dances.
Dr. Seltzer, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was busy night and day; thus she focused her attention on him and his patients, as if his practice were her own. Thelma never hesitated to drop what she was doing to find a lost and needed medical chart or complained at having to answer the phone at all hours or needing to keep dinner warm until he arrived home after 11 p.m. most evenings. Often she was aroused from sleep in the middle of the night to help him out the door to deliver a baby. Mrs. Seltzer also helped manage his office.
After Dr. Seltzer passed away in 1971, Thelma returned to New York, joining her daughter there. She attended the Caring Community Senior Center for outings, lunches and lectures about art history and literature. With Joanne she enjoyed the ballet, classical music concerts, art museums and visiting historical houses.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Allan Wolins, M.D., Howard Willard and Melville Wells, Ph.D.
Thelma W. Seltzer is survived by her daughter, Joanne L. Seltzer of New York City; son, Bruce S. Seltzer of San Anselmo, Calif.; nephew, Jason Wolins and grand-niece, Regina Wolins of Sacramento, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Heath and Heidi Seltzer.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at B'nai Jacob Eternal Home, South Charleston.
You may send your condolences to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.
Beloved and devoted wife and mother, she was a past member of Congregation B'nai Jacob and Temple B'nai Israel, Charleston, W.Va., where she was a member of the Temple Sisterhood. She was a founding board member of the Charleston Ballet. A native of West Rutland, Vt., she was valedictorian of her class at West Rutland High School. She met her husband, Leo M. Seltzer, while studying at the University of Vermont. They graduated in 1941, she with a B.A. in business administration and he with an M.D., a doctor of medicine.
They married in 1942 in New York City and afterwards moved to Camp Pickett, Va., where her husband was a lieutenant colonel in the 93rd Medical Gas Treatment Battalion of the United States Army during World War II and she worked in the camp's dental office. When her husband sailed to Europe, she returned to New York. There she typed in code for the top secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb subsequently dropped on Japan and which hastened the end of the war in the Pacific in August of 1945.
After her husband returned from France, they moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., where he continued post-graduate studies and a residency; she gave birth to a daughter, Joanne and son, Bruce. They settled in Charleston in 1949, reared their children and he practiced medicine. Thelma, a most attentive mother, stressed artistic endeavors and education for her children and willingly drove them and their friends to their multitudinous lessons, parties and dances.
Dr. Seltzer, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was busy night and day; thus she focused her attention on him and his patients, as if his practice were her own. Thelma never hesitated to drop what she was doing to find a lost and needed medical chart or complained at having to answer the phone at all hours or needing to keep dinner warm until he arrived home after 11 p.m. most evenings. Often she was aroused from sleep in the middle of the night to help him out the door to deliver a baby. Mrs. Seltzer also helped manage his office.
After Dr. Seltzer passed away in 1971, Thelma returned to New York, joining her daughter there. She attended the Caring Community Senior Center for outings, lunches and lectures about art history and literature. With Joanne she enjoyed the ballet, classical music concerts, art museums and visiting historical houses.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Allan Wolins, M.D., Howard Willard and Melville Wells, Ph.D.
Thelma W. Seltzer is survived by her daughter, Joanne L. Seltzer of New York City; son, Bruce S. Seltzer of San Anselmo, Calif.; nephew, Jason Wolins and grand-niece, Regina Wolins of Sacramento, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Heath and Heidi Seltzer.
Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, at B'nai Jacob Eternal Home, South Charleston.
You may send your condolences to the family at www.barlowbonsall.com.
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home has been entrusted to handle the arrangements.
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THELMA WOLINSKY SELTZER
MANHATTAN PROJECT
WORLD WAR II
FEB. 27, 1920 - JUNE 27, 2013
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