She ran the nursery on 10th Street and Chipeta Avenue in the early Twentieth century, assisting doctors in the delivery of children. She was a widowed mother of one son. She once suggested, during a difficult birth, that the shoulder-blade could be broken, allowing the child to fit through the birth canal. This suggestion was acted upon.
A sheep rancher who bought feed from Merle Winters and sold supplies to the Turner Ranch in Utah. She may have been the wife of William Fitzpatrick, the owner of a large sheep ranch in Mesa and Montrose Counties.