Honoring Women Veterans

On this Veterans Day let's remember some of the women who served our country during World War II. 

Hanover Cemetery, E. Hanover, Morris, NJ

 

 GRACE J DUSENBURY

CPL US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

MAR 20 1901  SEP 30 1979

ENLISTED 17 APR 1943

RELEASED 22 JUNE 1945 

Divorced / No Dependents

Branch: Chaplain

Mrs. Grace J. Dusenbury, 78, a Livingston resident for 55 years, died Sunday, September 30, in Saint Barnabas Medical Center. She was a descendant of Newark founder Robert Treat and Jasper Crane, and also of Thomas Budd, pioneer settler in Western New Jersey.

Born in Brooklyn Mrs. Dusenbury was a secretary to Judge Harold Lindeman of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Newark for 22 years before retiring. She also was the first president of the Livingston Women's Club and vice chairman of the Livingston Republican Committee from 1930 to 1941.

A member of the Livingston Methodist Church, Mrs. Dusenbury lived in the old Crane homestead in Livingston which her family had owned since 1740.

A Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II, Mrs. Dusenbury was a member of the East Orange American Legion Post 406 and the Disabled American Veterans Association. She also belonged to the Historical Societies of New Jersey, Livingston and Florham Park, and was a member of the Antique Club of New Jersey, the Twin Brook Kennel Club, the Sussex Hill Kennel Club and the Borzoi Club of New Jersey.

Services were held Wednesday in the Hopping Funeral Home. Survivors include a son, George of Livingston; one sister, Mrs. Jason Cooper of Madison, two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. [West Essex Tribune, Oct 4, 1979]

Many years ago I was at a local garage sale and purchased Grace's wedding veil. She was married in 1920, had a son the following year and was divorced by 1930. This year I finally donated the veil to the Historical Society where it will be preserved for future generations :)  

 Hanover Cemetery, E. Hanover, Morris, NJ

 RUTH N DUSENBURY

NEW JERSEY

Y3 USNR

WORLD WAR II

FEB 20 1921  JUNE 23 1964

I couldn't find any information about Ruth's military service. No relation that I know of to Grace Dusenbury (above). 

Hanover Cemetery, E. Hanover, Morris, NJ

F EILEENE BRUECHE

1ST LT US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

1912  1977

ENLISTED 16 FEB 1942

RELEASED 8 DEC 1945

Hanover Cemetery, E. Hanover, Morris, NJ

 

 KATHERINE D FIALA

CPL US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

1920  1985

ENLISTED 22 FEB 1944

RELEASED 7 DEC 1945

Katherine Delores Roeder was born August 6, 1920 in Indiana where she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps at the age of 24. She died April 18, 1985 in Green Village, Morris, NJ.   

 Haselton Cemetery, Wilmington, Essex, NY

VIRGINIA E CONDIFF

MAJ US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

JUNE 13 1914 MAY 16 1994

Select Military Registers 1862-1985

News of her funeral service was reported on May 20, 1994 in the Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, NY: "A funeral service for Virginia Cundiff, 79, who died Monday, May 16, 1994, at the Albany V.A. Hospital, was held Thursday, at the Church of the Nazarene in Wilmington . . . American Legion Post 504 conducted military services."

 The Veterans Memorial in Wilmington, NY. 

 ERECTED BY

TOWN OF WILMINGTON, N.Y.

IN HONOR OF

THE VETERANS OF OUR TOWN

WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE

ARMED FORCES OF THEIR COUNTRY

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE!

I'll be back tomorrow with my regularly scheduled post :) 

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