She was known as "Mimi" to her grandchildren. She was a loving, caring Christian woman and with her husband, Trueman, was a long time member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She served as the organizing Chairman of the Kochtitzky Family Association from 1975 until she was incapacitated by a stroke in 1983. She also contributed to researching information about her ancestors now in the Association's genealogy.
She was born in Carl Junction, Missouri and was educated in the public schools of Carl Junction and Joplin, Missouri. She graduated from the Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College on August 13, 1913 with a Bachelor of Pedagogy degree.
She enlisted in the Navy during the Great War (World War I) "in order to free a man for service overseas" and was assigned as a Yoeman F. to a clerical position in the Navy Dept. in Washington, D.C. There she met Trueman Reilly Daw. They were married 2 July 1925 in England, Ark.
Before and during World War I, all Navy personnel were required to be assigned to service on some Navy vessel. Consequently, Edna (along with all the other female clerical assistants) was assigned to a barge docked in the Potomac River. She used to joke that if everyone assigned to the barge had ever tried get onboard, it would have sunk!
On January 7, 1981 she fell and broke her hip. The Doctor replaced the ball in the hip and she was in the hospital for about a month. About this time she made application for a pension from the Navy based on her war service. The Navy denied the request claiming that they did not have women in the Navy during World War I. Mimi's discharge papers were sent along as evidence and the claim was approved.
On May 26, 1983 she had a severe stroke. She was not able to regain any use of her left side or of her speech. She was moved to Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Tulsa where she passed away in January 1985.
She was born in Carl Junction, Missouri and was educated in the public schools of Carl Junction and Joplin, Missouri. She graduated from the Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College on August 13, 1913 with a Bachelor of Pedagogy degree.
She enlisted in the Navy during the Great War (World War I) "in order to free a man for service overseas" and was assigned as a Yoeman F. to a clerical position in the Navy Dept. in Washington, D.C. There she met Trueman Reilly Daw. They were married 2 July 1925 in England, Ark.
Before and during World War I, all Navy personnel were required to be assigned to service on some Navy vessel. Consequently, Edna (along with all the other female clerical assistants) was assigned to a barge docked in the Potomac River. She used to joke that if everyone assigned to the barge had ever tried get onboard, it would have sunk!
On January 7, 1981 she fell and broke her hip. The Doctor replaced the ball in the hip and she was in the hospital for about a month. About this time she made application for a pension from the Navy based on her war service. The Navy denied the request claiming that they did not have women in the Navy during World War I. Mimi's discharge papers were sent along as evidence and the claim was approved.
On May 26, 1983 she had a severe stroke. She was not able to regain any use of her left side or of her speech. She was moved to Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Tulsa where she passed away in January 1985.
She was known as "Mimi" to her grandchildren. She was a loving, caring Christian woman and with her husband, Trueman, was a long time member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma. She served as the organizing Chairman of the Kochtitzky Family Association from 1975 until she was incapacitated by a stroke in 1983. She also contributed to researching information about her ancestors now in the Association's genealogy.
She was born in Carl Junction, Missouri and was educated in the public schools of Carl Junction and Joplin, Missouri. She graduated from the Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College on August 13, 1913 with a Bachelor of Pedagogy degree.
She enlisted in the Navy during the Great War (World War I) "in order to free a man for service overseas" and was assigned as a Yoeman F. to a clerical position in the Navy Dept. in Washington, D.C. There she met Trueman Reilly Daw. They were married 2 July 1925 in England, Ark.
Before and during World War I, all Navy personnel were required to be assigned to service on some Navy vessel. Consequently, Edna (along with all the other female clerical assistants) was assigned to a barge docked in the Potomac River. She used to joke that if everyone assigned to the barge had ever tried get onboard, it would have sunk!
On January 7, 1981 she fell and broke her hip. The Doctor replaced the ball in the hip and she was in the hospital for about a month. About this time she made application for a pension from the Navy based on her war service. The Navy denied the request claiming that they did not have women in the Navy during World War I. Mimi's discharge papers were sent along as evidence and the claim was approved.
On May 26, 1983 she had a severe stroke. She was not able to regain any use of her left side or of her speech. She was moved to Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Tulsa where she passed away in January 1985.
She was born in Carl Junction, Missouri and was educated in the public schools of Carl Junction and Joplin, Missouri. She graduated from the Southeast Missouri State Teacher's College on August 13, 1913 with a Bachelor of Pedagogy degree.
She enlisted in the Navy during the Great War (World War I) "in order to free a man for service overseas" and was assigned as a Yoeman F. to a clerical position in the Navy Dept. in Washington, D.C. There she met Trueman Reilly Daw. They were married 2 July 1925 in England, Ark.
Before and during World War I, all Navy personnel were required to be assigned to service on some Navy vessel. Consequently, Edna (along with all the other female clerical assistants) was assigned to a barge docked in the Potomac River. She used to joke that if everyone assigned to the barge had ever tried get onboard, it would have sunk!
On January 7, 1981 she fell and broke her hip. The Doctor replaced the ball in the hip and she was in the hospital for about a month. About this time she made application for a pension from the Navy based on her war service. The Navy denied the request claiming that they did not have women in the Navy during World War I. Mimi's discharge papers were sent along as evidence and the claim was approved.
On May 26, 1983 she had a severe stroke. She was not able to regain any use of her left side or of her speech. She was moved to Skyline Terrace Nursing Home in Tulsa where she passed away in January 1985.
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