Barbara N. (Dolgin) Walden (1934 - 2012)

Born 28 Feb 1934 in Connecticut, United States

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Died 4 Aug 2012 at age 78 in Palm Springs, Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Barbara was born in 1934.^[1] She was the daughter of Joseph Dolgin and Helen Lapidus.^[2] She married Stanley Walden in 1955.^[3][4]

Barbara died in 2012. She was buried at Neptune Memorial Reef in Key Biscayne, Florida.^[5]

Obituary

Barbara ("Bobbie") Walden, a resident of Palm Springs, died at her home at the age of 78, on August 4, 2012, from complications of COPD. She was well known as the founder and leader of The Knitting Circle at the Mizell Senior Center. Bobbie was born in Hartford, Connecticut and was a dancer on Broadway and in the modern dance world in New York. She later earned 2 Master Degrees; one in Social Work at Hunter college, New York and the other in Dance Therapy at Antioch, New England. After many years as a Dance Therapist at the Hudson River Psychiatric Center in New York, she joined her husband in establishing the Department of Musical Theater at the University of the Arts in Berlin, Germany. Together they published the book "Life upon The Wicked Stage". She is survived by husband Stanley; 2 sons, Matthew and Joshua and four grandchildren. Please do not send flowers. A memorial is planned for later this year in Palm Springs.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KPFZ-YTN : 23 November 2019), Barbara N Walden, 2007-2008.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWMR-NRZ : 28 July 2019), Barbara Dolgin in household of Joseph Dolgin, Ward 12, Hartford, Hartford Town, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-143, sheet 3B, line 62, family 49, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 537.
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-RQH5 : 19 June 2017), Stanley Walden and Barbara Dolgin, 1955, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office.
4. ↑ Announcement published 11 Sep 1955 in The New York Times, retrieved 6 Nov 2020 from https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/09/11/80779612.html?pageNumber=85. "WALDEN—DOLGIN—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dolgin of West Hartford, Conn., announce the marriage of their daughter, Barbara, to Pvt. Stanley E. Walden, of New York, on Sept. 4, 1955"
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #104298785
6. ↑ Published 8-11 Aug 2012 in The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California).

See also:

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMF-952R : Sat Mar 25 02:51:48 UTC 2023), Barbara N. Dolgin in entry for Joseph Dolgin and Helen Dolgin, 12 April 1950.
• "Joseph Dolgin Dies; Retired Theater Owner." The Hartford Courant (Connecticut), Jun 18, 1959, p. 6. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Stanley Walden of New York City.