Fernanda Pauline Wanamaker 1 2
- Born: 1922, New York, New York, USA
- Marriage (1): Francis Dring Wetherill in 1945
- Marriage (2): Donald Stewart Leas Jr. on 19 Aug 1950
- Died: 5 Nov 1974, New York, New York, USA at age 52
 Another name for Fernanda was Fernanda Wanamaker Wetherill.
General Notes:
Alternative name provided by, Mark D. Leas
Time Magazine - Milestones, Nov. 18, 1974 - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945144,00.html
Died. Fernanda Wanamaker Leas, 52, millionheiress and socialite; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. Great-granddaughter of John Wanamaker, pioneer department store merchandiser, she was a successful retailer in her own right. Twice divorced, she was reportedly undergoing treatment for alcoholism when she fell from the fifth floor of her Manhattan apartment two months ago, suffering numerous fractures. She was recovering in Lenox Hill Hospital when pneumonia set in.
David Patrick Columbia's, "New York Social Diary" - House of Munn: The Palm Beach Story, by Augustus C. Mayhew - http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2006/11_24_06/socialdiary11_24_06.php
Fernanda married Francis Dring Wetherill in 1945. (Francis Dring Wetherill was born about 1916 in Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA and died in 2003 in Delray Beach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.)
Fernanda next married Donald Stewart Leas Jr., son of Donald Stewart Leas and Katharine Eudora Gunn, on 19 Aug 1950. (Donald Stewart Leas Jr. was born on 20 Jun 1918 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA and died on 7 Jan 1986 in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.)
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