New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died April 6, 2020
Age 97
Obituary
Mary Virginia Howell Christopher, age 97, a longtime resident of the New Orleans area, succumbed to complications of the COVID-19 virus as she passed away on April 6, 2020 at Slidell Memorial Hospital… After becoming a Registered Nurse, she enlisted in the military in January 1944 and was deployed in 1945 to the European Theater, serving as part of the 134th Evacuation Hospital, which replaced the 51st Field Hospital, where she was ultimately promoted to 1st Lieutenant, Chief Nurse, and participated in the Rhineland Central European Campaign… After the war, Mary Virginia worked at the Public Health Hospital in Birmingham, AL. She eventually fell in love with her brother Reece’s best friend, Joe Frank (whom she first met in the fourth grade), and married in 1950. The couple moved to New Orleans and raised a family. Mary Virginia continued to work as a nurse at Baptist and Methodist Hospitals in New Orleans until the 1970s.
Published in The Times-Picayune
“Aunt Mary Virginia was truly one of the greats from “The Greatest Generation”. She was one of the most joyful and positive people I had the pleasure of knowing. She was always one to give warmth and support to people. “
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