Adeline Hendricks of Elgin, IL, was born May 1, 1893 and graduated with a
B.A. from Wheaton College in 1915, majoring in Elementary Education and
Physics. She was a member of the Phils Literary Society. She graduated
from the Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Chicago, IL and did
post-graduate work in nursing at the University of Minnesota and
University of Wisconsin by extension. In 1943 she became the executive
secretary of the Iowa State Association of Registered Nurses and for the
State Nursing Council for War Service. She dedicated her career to
nursing before retiring in 1952. She lived in Iowa and Minnesota,
moving to Good Samaritan Homes, Paynesville, MN in 1973. She died in
April 1982. |
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