2LT, US Army, Eleanor Wanda Wassel Sanders
Born: September 03, 1921
Died: May 25, 2011
Burial Site: SFNC, Section 20, Site 370
Eleanor Wanda Sanders was born September 3, 1921, in Dickson City, Pennsylvania to Albert and Helen Slivinski Wassel. 1 She graduated from Fell Township High School in 1939. 1 After graduating from Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, Wassel Sanders served as a second lieutenant with the Army Nurse Corps from 1944 through 1946 during World War II. 1, 2
Sanders had a 42-year nursing career. 1 She practiced nursing in the Panama Canal Zone from 1947 to 1950 and later retired in 1987 from San Diego County, California as a Psychiatric Nurse. 1 After retirement, she spent many years doing volunteer work with the San Diego Senior Citizens. 3 She lived in San Diego for 50 years before moving to La Puebla, New Mexico in 2003. 3
Images & Documents
Sanders, Eleanor Wanda Wassel D1
“Fourteen Nurses from Region have Enlisted for War Duty,” The Scranton Times Tribune, November 8, 1944, 14. Newspapers.com.
Sanders, Eleanor Wanda Wassel D2
“Eleanor Wanda Wassel Sanders,” The Times-Tribune, Scranton, June 12, 2011, A12. Newspapers.com.
Sanders, Eleanor Wanda Wassel D3
“Eleanor Wanda Sanders,” The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 29, 2011, C002. Newspapers.com.
Notes:
1. “Eleanor Wanda Wassel Sanders,” The Times-Tribune, Scranton, June 12, 2011, A12. Newspapers.com.
2. “Fourteen Nurses from Region have Enlisted for War Duty,” The Scranton Times Tribune, November 8, 1944, 14. Newspapers.com.
3. “Eleanor Wanda Sanders,” The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 29, 2011, C002. Newspapers.com.
Featured Image:
“Eleanor Wanda Wassel Sanders,” The Times-Tribune, Scranton, June 12, 2011, A12. Newspapers.com.
Prepared by Sue Ruth, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College