Dr. John Cramer Kindred, Director of Sanitarium

Citation: "Dr. John Cramer Kindred, Director of Sanitarium," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), 26 October 1953, p. 7; image, Newspapers.com (clipping by mattjameswade, 7 July 2019).

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DR. JOHN CRAMER KINDRED, DIRECTOR OF SANITARIUM
Dr. John Cramer Kindred, owner and director of the River Crest Sanitarium in Astoria, and associate psychiatrist at Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, died yesterday at the age of 50 in his home at 124 Slocum Crescent, Forest Hills. He had been ill for several months.
Dr. Kindred was born in New York City, and was educated at Randolph-Macon College and the Medical College of Virginia, receiving his medical degree from the latter in 1930. Several years later he joined the staff of River Crest which was founded by his father, the late Dr. John J. Kindred, in 1896.
He was a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Medical Association, the Queens County Medical Society, the New York Academy of Medicine, and the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry. At one time he was president of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals.
Dr. Kindred was treasurer of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 85 Greenway South, Forest Hills, and a director of the Community House of Forest Hills. He was a member of the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce, Kane Lodge, F. & A. M.; the Southern Society and the Virginia Club.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Katherine Carrier Kindred; a son, John Joseph, and two daughters, Katherine H. and Ann Kindred.
Funeral services will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at St. Luke's Church, Forest Hills. Until shortly before the services the body will repose at the residence. Interment will be private.