TEC 5, US Army, Cecelia Struck Jimenez
Born: March 4, 1924
Died: March 2, 2016
Burial Site:SFNC, Section 4, Row D, Site 28
Cecilia Struck (Jimenez) enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) on March 17, 1944. 1 She became a bookkeeper for the Army during WWII. 2
Struck was born in Ranchos De Taos, New Mexico to Clorinda Martinez and Meliton Struck. 3, 4 Her father was a teacher and postmaster. 3, 4 Stuck grew up speaking Spanish. She attended Menaul School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and studied Arts and Sciences at the University of New Mexico. 5, 6 In 1950, she received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Texas A&M. 7Like her father, she became a teacher for many years and was an advocate for the elderly. 2
Notes:
1. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.
2. Harris-Hanlon Mortuary. Accessed July 12, 2023. https://www.harris-hanlonmortuary.com/obituaries/print?o_id=3620375.
3. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.
4. Year: 1940; Census Place: Ranchos De Taos, Taos, New Mexico; Roll: m-t0627-02454; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 28-4
5. “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: Menaul School; Year: 1940
6. “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: Menaul High School; Year: 1943
7. “Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,” El Paso Times, August 4, 1950, 22. Newspapers.com.
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“U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: Menaul School; Year: 1940
Prepared by Sue Ruth, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College