Obit for HUGHES, Julia Elizabeth (b.1879 d.1947), Nicollet Co., MN ========================================================================= You can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Miller Submitted: April 2006 ========================================================================= JULIA ELIZABETH HUGHES 18 Mar 1879- 12 Sep 1947 Obituary, September 1947, probably the Mankato paper ELIZABETH HUGHES, WELL-KNOWN AS NURSE, STRICKEN Miss Elizabeth Hughes, 68, 109 north Fourth Street, well-known Mankato nurse, died Thursday evening in a local hospital. She retired last week after a 50 year nursing career. Born in Lake Prairie township, in Nicollet County, Miss Hughes lived most of her life here. Graduated from a nursing course at the St. Peter state hospital in 1902, she became an army nurse in 1917 and was assigned to Battle Creek, Mich. Transferred later to Plattsburgh, NY, she returned to Mankato after the war to become a Red Cross nurse. Miss Hughes belonged to the national, state and district nurses associations. She served as an officer in the fifth district, was chairman of the private duty secretary, and was on the board of directors. She leaves five sisters and two brothers: Catherine of LeSueur, Mrs. C.P. Rice, Mankato, Mrs. E. Wick of Wisconsin, Mrs. T.F. Kiley of Minneapolis, Mrs. Margaret Louden, Grand Forks, N.D. James of LeSueur and George of Mankato. Funeral services will be held in St. Johns's Catholic church Monday a.m. The rosary will be read in the Landkamers funeral Home, Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Burial will be at Calvary cemetery, St. Peter." AND ALSO, "And that prompts the thought that nursing is not only an essential vocation but also one that is deeplyn and sincerely appreciated in the community in which one serves. During the past week an able, a faithful and a devoted member of the nursing profession, Elizabeth Hughes, died here in our own community. Few people, over the span of the past quarter century, have performed a greater service of mercy and of essential assistance that she gave to the people of Mankato and vicinity. The greatest reward for any such service always comes, of course, in our inner consciousness and knowledge of work well done. But it was gratifying also to hear the widespread and almost universal expressions of appreciation of her ministrations. Through numerous crises and vicissitudes in the community, when nursing service was at a premium, Elizabeth Hughes gave of her great ability and talent generously and unsparingly. It is good to know that the community at large knew how much she gave, how well she served and that her unselfish devotion was sincerely appreciated." C.H.R. ========================================================================= Copyright Linda Miller 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm =========================================================================