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Obituary of Dr. T. J. McElhenney
(C. Avis Catalog entry #709)
(Document ID #351)
[From an undated unknown newspaper in Austin, Texas]
Doctor's Services Pending
Funeral arrangements for Dr. Thomas J. McElhenney, who died Wednesday of a cerebral hemorrhage while vacationing in South America, were pending Friday.
The 70-year-old physician, senior doctor at the Children's Clinic at 14th and Nueces, suffered the hemorrhage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while he and his wife were on tour.
He was the second pediatrician to practice the specialty in Austin, coming here in 1933. With the help of the Junior League, he began the first Well Baby Clinic in 1934.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., and educated at the University of Alabama and Tulane Medical School, he began practice in Bessemer, Ala., in 1922 after World War I service in the Army's Chemical Corps.
Dr. McElhenney was a member of the American Medical Association, The Travis County Medical Society and the Travis County Pediatric Association. He had served as president of both county organizations.
Dr. McElhenney was a delegate to the White House Conference on Children and deacon at University Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his widow; a son, Dr. Tom R. McElhenney of Austin; a daughter, Mrs. L. B. Griffith of San Antonio; two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Murphy of Alabama and Mrs. F. W.; Wheeler of California; and seven grandchildren.
His son flew to Rio Thursday to make arrangements for returning his father's body to Weed-Corley Funeral Home here.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Betty Womack Fund in care of the Travis County Medical Society, or your favorite charity.