OBIT: Ruth Lineda FLICKINGER, 2003, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  FLICKINGER
  
  CDR Ruth Lineda Flickinger, 85, Medical Service Corps, USN, Ret. died Dec.
  2, 2003, in the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.  Born Jan. 14, 1918,
  in Somerset, she is the daughter of the late Obediah Presley and Erla Maude
  (Engleka) Flickinger.  Also preceded in death by infant sister, Erma;
  brothers, Arthur Flickinger and Curtis Flickinger of Somerset and nephew,
  James Flickinger, Somerset.  She is survived by a brother, Lester
  Flickinger and sister-in-law Mrs. Curtis (Thelma) Flickinger of Somerset;
  aunt, Faye E. Thompson of Hollsopple; nieces:  Mrs. Dean (Sally) Walker,
  Friedens, Mrs. Clarence (Connie) Saylor, Rockwood and Mrs. Lois Custer,
  Somerset; stepniece, Mrs. Elmer (Shirley) Zimmerman of Wayne, Mich.;
  nephews:  Edward Flickinger, Victoria, Texas, William Flickinger, East
  Berlin.  Also survived by 38 great-and great-great-nieces and nephews and
  her true friends, retire Navy nurses, Dorothy "Red" Green and Terry Kelly
  of San Diego, Calif.  Lifelong friends from Somerset, Louis Bowlby and
  Marty Coleman.  she was an honor graduate of Somerset High School class of
  1936.  After graduation she completed nurses training at Conemaugh Memorial
  Hospital, Johnstown.  She joined the Navy in May 1944, graduated from Dietic
  Instructions at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., serving
  throughout the world Agana, Guam, Naval Ship in the Bikini Atoll
  "Operations Crossroads," served with the First Marine Battalion, First
  Medical Division Hospital in Trentsin, China.  Among the only Navy nurses
  to ever serve with the Marines in the field.  She began her nursing career
  at the Somerset Hospital.  Hospitals where she served as special diet
  instructor were:  San Diego, Calif.; Camp Lejune, N.C.; Portsmouth, Va.;
  Chelsea, Mass.; Mare Island, Calif.; Philadelphia; Oakland, Calif., where
  she retired on 26 years of service in 1968.  A veteran of World War II,
  Korea and Vietnam.  Military Honors were held Dec. 17, 2003, at Fort
  Rosecrans National Cemetery, Cabrillo National Monument, Point Loma,
  Calif.  Rev. Gloria Espheseh of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in service.
  
  Daily American, 24 December 2003
  
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