Mary (Jordan) Carnie, Lenexa, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9,at the Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Kan. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, at the Amos Family Funeral Home.
Mary was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She grew up on a farm N.E. of Glasco, Kan., with her brother, Louis and parents, Hazel and D.T. Jordan. She attended Eureka Grade School and Glasco High School, graduating with the class of 1939. From there she entered nursing school at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. After graduation she married Robert Carnie, a representative for Paramount Pictures.
In 1944 Mary enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps and served 21 months in the states, advancing to the rank of 1st Lt. during World War II. She was the third woman in her family to serve during war times. Her mother was a nurse during WWI and great grandmother, Addie served as a nurse in the Civil War. All three are honored in the Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.
Mary devoted 50 years nursing in various fields and retired in 1988 from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, after 11 1/2 years as their company nurse. Her retirement years were devoted to volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity) and traveling.
Mary was a member of Cherokee Christian Church. Two nephews survive her, Larry Jordan and wife, Christine of Topeka, Kan., and their children Jennifer, David and Brian, and nephew, Randy and wife Margaret of Ireland. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert, brother, Louis and nephew Richard.
Kansas City Star, 7 Oct 2014
Mary was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She grew up on a farm N.E. of Glasco, Kan., with her brother, Louis and parents, Hazel and D.T. Jordan. She attended Eureka Grade School and Glasco High School, graduating with the class of 1939. From there she entered nursing school at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. After graduation she married Robert Carnie, a representative for Paramount Pictures.
In 1944 Mary enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps and served 21 months in the states, advancing to the rank of 1st Lt. during World War II. She was the third woman in her family to serve during war times. Her mother was a nurse during WWI and great grandmother, Addie served as a nurse in the Civil War. All three are honored in the Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.
Mary devoted 50 years nursing in various fields and retired in 1988 from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, after 11 1/2 years as their company nurse. Her retirement years were devoted to volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity) and traveling.
Mary was a member of Cherokee Christian Church. Two nephews survive her, Larry Jordan and wife, Christine of Topeka, Kan., and their children Jennifer, David and Brian, and nephew, Randy and wife Margaret of Ireland. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert, brother, Louis and nephew Richard.
Kansas City Star, 7 Oct 2014
Mary (Jordan) Carnie, Lenexa, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9,at the Delphos Cemetery, Delphos, Kan. Visitation will be 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, at the Amos Family Funeral Home.
Mary was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She grew up on a farm N.E. of Glasco, Kan., with her brother, Louis and parents, Hazel and D.T. Jordan. She attended Eureka Grade School and Glasco High School, graduating with the class of 1939. From there she entered nursing school at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. After graduation she married Robert Carnie, a representative for Paramount Pictures.
In 1944 Mary enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps and served 21 months in the states, advancing to the rank of 1st Lt. during World War II. She was the third woman in her family to serve during war times. Her mother was a nurse during WWI and great grandmother, Addie served as a nurse in the Civil War. All three are honored in the Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.
Mary devoted 50 years nursing in various fields and retired in 1988 from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, after 11 1/2 years as their company nurse. Her retirement years were devoted to volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity) and traveling.
Mary was a member of Cherokee Christian Church. Two nephews survive her, Larry Jordan and wife, Christine of Topeka, Kan., and their children Jennifer, David and Brian, and nephew, Randy and wife Margaret of Ireland. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert, brother, Louis and nephew Richard.
Kansas City Star, 7 Oct 2014
Mary was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan. She grew up on a farm N.E. of Glasco, Kan., with her brother, Louis and parents, Hazel and D.T. Jordan. She attended Eureka Grade School and Glasco High School, graduating with the class of 1939. From there she entered nursing school at Bethany Hospital in Kansas City, Kan. After graduation she married Robert Carnie, a representative for Paramount Pictures.
In 1944 Mary enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps and served 21 months in the states, advancing to the rank of 1st Lt. during World War II. She was the third woman in her family to serve during war times. Her mother was a nurse during WWI and great grandmother, Addie served as a nurse in the Civil War. All three are honored in the Women's Memorial in Washington D.C.
Mary devoted 50 years nursing in various fields and retired in 1988 from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, after 11 1/2 years as their company nurse. Her retirement years were devoted to volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity) and traveling.
Mary was a member of Cherokee Christian Church. Two nephews survive her, Larry Jordan and wife, Christine of Topeka, Kan., and their children Jennifer, David and Brian, and nephew, Randy and wife Margaret of Ireland. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Robert, brother, Louis and nephew Richard.
Kansas City Star, 7 Oct 2014
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