Women Veterans of the World Wars - Windsor, CT - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Jane A. Delano Post No. 7 of the American Legion erected a monument dedicated to the memory of women veterans of the World War I and World War II. The upright section of the granite monument is inscribed:

             {American Legion Emblem}

     TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF
WOMEN VETERANS OF THE WORLD WARS
       JANE A. DELANO POST NO. 7
          THE AMERICAN LEGION
          ERECTS THIS MEMORIAL

FLORENCE C TALMAN ADA B. BRUENN MARY M. FITZPATRICK MARGARET HYDE IRENE C. FITZGERALD ELIZABETH M. PASSEUR RUTH E. WILLIAMS MARY E. INGERSOLL OLIVE C. VENTRIS KATHERINE F. FAGAN EDNA A. WOODFORD MARY D. KELLY NELLIE C. PARDEE NORA M. BARRY

JESSIE H. KLEVER PAULINE W. RATTRAY A. ELIZABETH BIGELOW MARY A. MacCRIMMON THERESA M. HAMMELL CATHERINE CANNON A. REGINA MARTIN SALLY ANN McNABB HAZEL A. KALLINICH MAE V. O'CONNELL GRACE M. TANNER JESSIE B. PALLOTTI FREDA G. LUND JANE S. AVERA

The first granite block placed on the bottom of the monument has additional names. It is inscribed:

CLARA J. RAND     MARGARET L. FLYNN      MARY E. DWYER ANN G. HEFFERNAN      GENEVA L. SCOTT      FLORENCE D. HICKS ELEANOR C. GALLAGHER      A. GERTRUDE HALL     MARGARET DODELMAN ESTHER C. SWANSON     ROSE M. MORAN     AGNES L. WOLF ANN L. BERGEN     MARION K. COX     LUCY B. KING MARY F. HESPELT     ROBIN A. LEONARD     LOUISE WILEY ANNA T. HARGRAVE     CHRISTINE D. SCOTT     EDYTHE L. WOODS JULIE E. AICHLER     MARION H. WALLACE     KATHERINE M. ABBOTT EVADNE H. CHENEY     KATHERINE E. PURTELL     MILDRED H. SHEA

A second granite block placed on the bottom of the monument has additional names. It is inscribed:

DOROTHY D. HAWLEY    MARJORY M. CORMACK      MARTHA JOYCE MARION C. McCORKELL     MARGARET KENNEDY     FLORENCE R. MORKUS BELLEROSE M. VENTRES     RUTH H. CONGDON     RUTH MORRISON ELVIRA M. LORD     ETHEL L. COOK     LOUISE C. NEFF EDNA D. HARAN     MARION DONOHUE     ERNESTINE L. RUEL MARY G. DILLON     REGINA MIKOLAJCZYK     MARIE O. SHEARER SALLY ATKINS     MARGUERITE McDONNELL     MARY T. SMITH AURORA MANSO     LOUISE FLEMING     MARY E. WILLS FRANCES HOLMSTROM     LILLIAN A. HARAN

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World Wars I and II In Honor Of: Women Veterans of the World Wars Marker Text: see long description Who Put it Here?: American Legion Jane A. Delano Post No. 7 Description of Memorial: Soldiers' Field Northwood Cemetery is is owned by the City of Hartford. It the final resting place for over 7,000 veterans who served in time of war. The women's monument is one of four other monuments honoring veterans. It also has a plot with the graves of five unknown victims of the Hartford Circus Fire of July 6, 1944. Date of dedication: Not listed

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