Mira SPINNING

1913 - 2005  (92 years)

• Name	Mira SPINNING
  Birth	6 May 1913
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Aug 2005
  Person ID	I2088	Descendants of Francis Barnard
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Harry L. SPINNING,   b. Abt 1864, NY
  Mother	Dora UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Myra Spinning, daughter (listed with parents), female, white, 6 years of age, single, born NY, father born NY, mother born NY, occupation: none, per 1920 federal census, Holland Patent Village, Trenton Twp., Oneida, NY, Roll T625_1243, part 1, page 208A, 2 Jan. 1920 Obituary notice for Mira Spinning, from the Utica Observer Dispatch of Utica, NY, transcribed by gmf_mlf [gmf_mlf@comcast.net] and e-mailed to WMB 16 May 2008: "8/2/2005 "Mira Spinning of Utica "5/6/13 - 8/1/05 Mira Spinning passed away onMonday, August 1, 2005. She was born of the late Harry L. and Dora Radley Spinning at St. Luke's Hospital, Utica. She attended Holland Patent Grade School and was a graduate of Utica Free Academy, 1931; Elmira College, 1935; Syracuse University School of Information Science, 1940. She also studied at SUNY (Albany), Columbia University, University of Illinois, and University of Michigan. Her professional experience included teaching at North Syracuse High School and Oriskany High School. During WWII, she was Post Librarian at Rhoads General Hospital, Utica, responsible for both medical and general library services to 1700 patients. In August 1946, she became the company Librarian for Bristol Laboratories, Syracuse, a firm involved in penicillin production and antibiotic research. Later she was a Reference Librarian for Mid York Library System, Utica, with liaison on a grant to Utica Public Library. In 1977, she became Library Director of a new library at Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, from which she was retired in 1984. Mira was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Utica, and its Woman's Circle. Her other membeships included Special Libraries Association (one of the founders of the Pharmaceutical Section), Medical Library Association, ASIS (Association for Information Science), Elmira College Club,and Kirkland Bird Club. She was a life member of Oneida County Historical Society, and Munson Williams Proctor Institute. She was predeceased by her brothers, Curtis Fred Spinning (February 1983) and H. Lee Spinning (October 1994). Mira was proud of a family lineage tracing to the Mayflower and pioneering to Oneida County in 1792. Her family maintained an Adirondack home for over 100 years. "She lived there as a child and revisited throughout her lifetime. There will be no calling hours. A memorial service, to be announced, will be held at a later date in New Hartford, NY. Those so moved may consider, in Mira's memory, the needs of Crown Hill Memorial Park Rose Garden, Clinton, NY; Herkimer County Historical Society; Utica Public Library; or a charity of personal choice. Arrangements are with the Friedel, Williams, Coriale & Edmunds Funeral Home, 13 Oxford Rd., New Hartford, NY."