Jean M. Lennon Carty

PFC US Army, Jean M. Lennon Carty

Born: July 10, 1922, Detroit Michigan
Died: July 11, 2018, Prescott, Arizona

Female Veteran | US Army | World War II
“Obituary: Jean Lennon Carty.” The Daily Courier, July 17, 2018. https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/jul/17/obituary-jean-lennon-carty/.

Burial Site: SFNC, Section 27C, Site 307  

Jean M. Lennon (Carty) joined the WAC (Women’s Army Corp) on July 18, 1944. 1, 2 In January of 1945, she was training at an air base in New Hampshire. 3 In July of 1945, she and her fighter pilot fiancée, Charles Carty, were married in Yale, Michigan. 1, 4, 5 Lennon returned to an Air Force base in Manchester, New Hampshire, recording the weather via teletype until the war’s end. 1 She is featured in the Women’s War Memorial in Washington, D.C. 1

Lennon was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 10, 1922, to Henrietta and Harvey Lennon. 1, 6, 7 The family moved to the thumb area of Michigan where Lennon graduated from Yale High School in 1940 as an honor roll student. 1, 8, 9, 10 Following the war, she and her husband returned home to Detroit Michigan. 1 Lennon was active in church and school activities and worked at a local hospital where she oversaw a teaching clinic. 1 Her obituary states she was a prolific writer, penning as many as 300 letters in a year. 1 Lennon lived by her mantra, “Friends are like flowers in the garden of life.” 1

Documents

Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:Various school yearbooks from across the United States.

Carty, Jean Lennon

Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-2016 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:Various school yearbooks from across the United States.

“Visits Enliven Social Scene at Yale,” The Times Herald, January 28, 1945, 12. Newspapers.com.

Carty, Jean Lennon Document 1

“Visits Enliven Social Scene at Yale,” The Times Herald, January 28, 1945, 12. Newspapers.com.

Notes:

1. “Obituary: Jean Lennon Carty.” The Daily Courier (Prescott, Arizona), July 17, 2018. https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/jul/17/obituary-jean-lennon-carty/.

2. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.

3. “Visits Enliven Social Scene at Yale,” The Port Huron Times Herald, January 28, 1945, 12. Newspapers.com.

4. Ancestry.com. Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

5. “Carty,” Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 1995. Newspapers.com.

6. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

7. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

8. “Thumb High School commencements,” The Port Huron Times Herald, June 5, 1940, 9. Newspapers.com.

9. “3rd Class on Honor Roll,” The Port Huron Times Herald, April 22, 1940, 14. Newspapers.com.

10. “Visits Enliven Social Scene at Yale,” The Port HuronTimes Herald, January 28, 1945, 12. Newspapers.com.

 

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“Obituary: Jean Lennon Carty.” The Daily Courier, July 17, 2018. https://www.dcourier.com/news/2018/jul/17/obituary-jean-lennon-carty/.

 

Prepared by Sue Ruth, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College