Charlevoix High School Alumni
Charlevoix, Michigan (MI)
In Memory of
Helen Armstrong Redfield
1901-1990
Born Dec 13, 1901, Helen Armstrong Redfield attended Charlevoix High School in Charlevoix, MI.
Class of 1914
Dec 13, 1901 - Jul 06, 1990
Dec 13, 1901 - Jul 06, 1990
Helen A. Redfield, 95, teacher, sports enthusiast
Helen Armstrong Redfield, 95, a Chicago public school teacher for more than three decades and an early swimming instructor of U.S. Olympic stars Johnny Weissmuller and Sybil Bauer, died Friday at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.
She was born in Charlevoix, Michigan on May 7 1895 to Dr. Robert Bruce Armstrong and Maud Studor Armstrong, who moved to Charlevoix in 1894.
Mrs. Redfield, a graduate of the University of Chicago, started the first day camp in Michigan and during the 1930s organized the first women's Western Golf Tournament in Oak Park, according to Bruce Elliott, a relative.
For more than 30 years, she was a teacher at Schurz High School on Chicago's Near North- west Side, where she also was di- rector of athletics and dean of
women.
During her college years, she climbed the 14,410-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington state, one of the highest peaks in the U.S., Elliott said.
"She truly was a Renaissance- type of gal," he said.
Mrs. Redfield's husband, Clayton, a retired securities broker, died in 1972.
Survivors include a brother, a sister, and seven nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at noon Tuesday at the First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St.
Helen Armstrong Redfield, 95, a Chicago public school teacher for more than three decades and an early swimming instructor of U.S. Olympic stars Johnny Weissmuller and Sybil Bauer, died Friday at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.
She was born in Charlevoix, Michigan on May 7 1895 to Dr. Robert Bruce Armstrong and Maud Studor Armstrong, who moved to Charlevoix in 1894.
Mrs. Redfield, a graduate of the University of Chicago, started the first day camp in Michigan and during the 1930s organized the first women's Western Golf Tournament in Oak Park, according to Bruce Elliott, a relative.
For more than 30 years, she was a teacher at Schurz High School on Chicago's Near North- west Side, where she also was di- rector of athletics and dean of
women.
During her college years, she climbed the 14,410-foot Mt. Rainier in Washington state, one of the highest peaks in the U.S., Elliott said.
"She truly was a Renaissance- type of gal," he said.
Mrs. Redfield's husband, Clayton, a retired securities broker, died in 1972.
Survivors include a brother, a sister, and seven nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at noon Tuesday at the First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St.