SARAH P. WELLS

WELLS SARAH P. WELLS "Sally" Sarah "Sally" P. Wells, Brigadier General, USAF, NC, Retired, 87, of Sterling, Virginia, died November 27, 2014, at Falcon's Landing Assisted Living in Sterling, Virginia. Born September 18, 1927, in Hackensack, New Jersey to Nathaniel and Isabelle Wells, she graduated from Hackensack High School in 1945. She was accepted to the Hackensack Hospital School of Nursing under the Cadet Nurse Program, graduating in 1948. In 1951, she was commissioned a 1st Lt in the United States Air Force and assigned as a Clinical Nurse to Shaw AFB, South Carolina. Other assignments in her 30+ years included Clovis AFB, New Mexico (later named Cannon AFB), Wiesbaden AB, West Germany, Homestead AFB, Florida, Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, Tachikawa AB, Japan, McGuire AFB, New Jersey, Scott AFB, Illinois, Ramstein AFB, West Germany, Andrews AFB, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. During these assignments she served in positions as Clinical Nurse, Nurse Supervisor, Flight Nurse, Nurse Advisor for Reserve Affairs and Command Nurse. In 1979, she was promoted to Brigadier General and designated Chief, Air Force Nurse Corps. General Wells studied under the aus- pices of the Air Force Institute of Technology, receiving her BSN from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York in 1961, and her MSN from the University of Colorado in 1966. She was designated as a Senior Nurse Consultant in flight nursing by the Surgeon General in 1973 and Nurse Consultant in nursing administration in 1977. Her military awards included the following medals: Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with Six Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, Vietnam Service Medal with One Bronze Service Star and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Following retirement from the Air Force in 1982, General Wells served on the Board of Directors, Acacia Federal Service Bank. She was a charter member of the Veterans Administration Committee for Women's Veterans and served on the Boards of Director, Women in Military service For America (Women's Memorial), The Retired Officers Association, and the Air Force Retired Officers Committee (Falcon's Landing). She was a member of the Sigma Theta Tau, Retired Officers Association, Air Force Association, American Legion, and the Hackensack Hospital Nurses Alumni. Sally Wells is remembered with love by cousins Bruce Storms and his wife Ann, by cousins William and Francis Storms, by Kathleen Denman and her husband Charles, by Timothy Storms and his wife Teri, by Ellen Storms, Tracy Graham and by Sally's nephew Dr. Edwin Black. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Memorials can be sent to Women In Military Service for America Foundation, Inc., Department 560, Washington DC 20042 or the Benevolent Fund, Falcon's Landing, 20522 Falcon's Landing Circle, Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165.Memorials can be sent to Women In Military Service for America Foundation, Inc., Department 560, Washington DC 20042 or the Benevolent Fund, Falcon's Landing, 20522 Falcon's Landing Circle, Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165.