Adele W. Paxson
Adele Paxson | |
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Born | 1913 Republican |
Spouse | Henry Douglas Paxson (1904-1975) |
Children | 1) Mary Helen 2) Sally Paxson Davis (1940-2008) |
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Adele Warden Paxson (1913 – December 27, 2000) was an American
.Born Adele Corning Warden, she was the daughter of Helen Corning and her husband Clarence Warden. On January 3, 1936, she married
With a lifelong passion for music, engendered by her mother, Adele Paxson was Chairperson of Philadelphia's
Philanthropy
Adele Paxson supported numerous cultural institutions in a variety of areas. In 1934, her mother, Helen Warden, founded the Academy of Vocal Arts in
An advocate for the protection of farmlands from
Paxson was a member of the Heritage Club of the Central Bucks Family YMCA through her support of the Endowment Fund and included the YMCA in her estate plans. [6][permanent dead link]
A founding supporter, Adele Paxson donated more than $1 million to help construct the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. [7]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Adele Paxon's husband inherited Elm Grove Farm on Old York Road in Holicong, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Near the community of Lahaska, Elm Grove is an original Colonial Province of Pennsylvania property, it was granted to Henry Paxson's family in 1680 by Governor William Penn.
An avid horsewoman, Adele Paxson began riding while still a young girl. As an adult, she rode frequently and was a competitor in the Devon Horse Show.
At Elm Grove Farm, the Paxsons bred
In an interview following Adele Paxon's death, Rick Abbott, who managed her racing and breeding operation during the 1990s said of her: "the welfare of the horses always came first," and that "money was not a concern. Working with her was the most gratifying thing I have ever done."
In failing health, during the latter part of the 1990s Adele Paxson began selling off her racehorses and in early December 2000 Rick Abbott oversaw the sale of her remaining bloodstock at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic mixed auction in Timonium, Maryland.[1]
Confined to a nursing home for the better part of 2000, Adele Paxson died on December 27 at age eighty-seven from complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, hospital.[2]
References
- ^ "Paxson to disperse horses at Fasig-Tipton sale". Thoroughbred Times, October 19, 2000 Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Eclipse Award-winning breeder Paxson dead at 87". Thoroughbred Times, December 29, 2000 Retrieved 2011-11-29.