Dr. Wilhelmina (Lord) Van Dyke, 97, of Milton, died March 12.

Dr. Van Dyke was born in Chicago, and graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1938. She moved to Boston to do her internship at the Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, and then, in 1942, became the first woman to do a medical residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

In 1943 she established her private practice in pediatrics in Milton, which she operated for 60 years, and married Richard C. Lord, who was professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She was on the staff of Quincy City Hospital, St. Margaret’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School.

At Milton Hospital, she served as chief of pediatrics from 1959 to 1979, and was the president of the medical staff from 1973 to 1975.

She was the medical director of the Cerebral Palsy Clinic of the South Shore, Quincy, from 1952 to 1962. She conducted well baby and preschool clinics in Milton, Randolph, Holbrook, Canton, Dedham and Brookline, and also served as the school physician for St. Mary of the Hills School and St. Agatha School.

She was a member of the American Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the New England Pediatrics Society, the Norfolk District Medical Society and the Milton Hospital Corp.

Dr. Van Dyke is survived by her daughters, Diana Adam, of San Diego, Susan T. Lord, of Chapel Hill, N.C., Margaret Adamowicz, of Holden, and Catherine L. Lord, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; three grandchildren, Elizabeth Sem, Amanda Adamowicz and Richard Adamowicz; and two great-grandchildren, Madelyn Sem and Ethan Sem.

A memorial service was held in St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on March 19.

Donations may be made to the Milton Hospital Development Office,199 Reedsdale Road, Milton, MA 02186.