BIO: Olive GRISSINGER, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Wilson Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************************** __________________________________________________________ McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 76. __________________________________________________________ MISS OLIVE GRISSINGER Mount Union, Pa. Public School Nurse: Women have played an important part in shaping the destinies of this county. And one who has had a part in this endeavor in peace and war is Miss Olive Grissinger. Hers is a mission of mercy. She was born on a farm at Hubbelsville, Huntingdon County, Pa., and at Oak Grove School she first became acquainted with the value of an education. A daughter of William Pym Grissinger and Harriet (Stevens) Grissinger. The father died in April, 1927, at Mount Union, Pa., aged seventy-nine years. The mother is still living, of Scotch-Irish parentage. Miss Olive Grissinger in order to advance her education, attended the Rock Hill Normal School, and later taught for one year at Centre Grove, Huntingdon County, Pa. Prior to the world war Miss Grissinger was engaged in private nursing at the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. Here was formed a Pennsylvania Hospital Unit, No. 10. Embarked on steamer (St. Paul) as a body including seventy-five nurses, twenty-five doctors, one hundred and fifty attendants, the head of the unit being Colonel Hart and Colonel Delaney, Commander; on May 15, 1917. This band of noble women volunteered their services on their arrival, joined a British unit, served twenty-three months, stationed at La Treport, France. Was discharged April 15, 1919, at New York. They offered their lives in that mighty conflict. Miss Grissinger at present is School Nurse; commenced in 1922. Prior to that time was engaged in public health work, 1920 to 1922. A member of the American Legion, No. 107. Has three brothers, David H., Chicago, Ill.; J. Scott, Chicago, Ill., and Harry S., Joliet, Ill. One sister, Alice, married to Amon Curfman, Millerstown, Pa. She belongs to the Epworth League, Young Women's Missionary Society. Belongs to the Methodist church, a Director of Religious Education. At present a Sunday School teacher. A life thus spent is a life of devotion to humanity, whether it be on battlefield or in the peaceful pursuits of life.