Ms. Ann McNemar

Ann McNemar Ann McNemar, 66 of Bethesda, MD, a Nurse Consultant in the Department of Clinical Research Informatics at the National Institutes of Health, passed away on June 25. She died from severe head trauma after a fall at her home. Ann was born and raised in Wilmington, OH. She graduated from Xenia (OH) High School in 1963. She received her BS from the School of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati in 1967. She earned her Master’s in Pediatric Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh in 1970. During her nursing career she served in Kassel, Germany and Alconbury, England as a school nurse as well as 35 years at the National Institute of Health as a pediatric nurse. In May she was honored for 40 years of federal government service. Ann took great pleasure in her involvement in the equestrian world. She enjoyed riding her beloved horse “Barbie,” working as a volunteer scorer at many horse events including the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, and sharing the fun and fellowship of her fellow equestrians. As a Quaker Ann always looked for the good in others. She shared her own gifts and talents generously with fellow workers, friends, and family. She was a member of Sandy Spring Friends Meeting (MD). Ann will be greatly missed by: father, Robert McNemar of Wilmington, OH; brother, Donald McNemar and wife, Britta McNemar of Waltham, MA; sister-in-law, Edna McNemar of New Windsor, MD; Japanese sister, Keiko Hida who joined the family as an exchange student; nieces: Heather McNemar of Falls Church, VA; Galen McNemar Hamann of Providence, RI; Cynthia McNemar of New Windsor, MD and Christina McNemar of New Windsor, MD; and her cherished great niece and great nephew, Eleanor and Gus Habinowski of Falls Church, VA. She was preceded in death by her mother, Kathryn Hunt McNemar, a sister, Sue McNemar Davis, and a brother, James Hunt McNemar. Ann’s life will be celebrated at a Memorial Meeting at Sandy Spring Friends Meeting in Sandy Spring, MD on Saturday, July 23 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contribution may be made to: The Children’s Inn at NIH, 7 West Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814 or Sandy Spring Friends Meeting, 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860.

Ms. Ann McNemar

June 25, 2011