Dubuque co. WAVES 1944 (surname B-L)

BAKEY, BERGSTRAND, BREMER, BROUILLET, BOWMAN, CABLE, CAMPBELL, CROWLEY, CURTIS, DONLAN, DUNLAP, EDWARDS, FRAMPTON, FROST, GAHERTY, GARY, GUNS, HILL, HOSCH, HUNTOON, JUNCK, KIRSCH, KIRK, KITTLE, LARKIN

Posted By: Lyn Lysne
Date: 11/25/2013 at 21:43:54

DUBUQUE COUNTY WAVES (surnames B-L)

Bakey, Lorraine Frances
Bergstrand, Mary Ellen
Bremer, Mary Elizabeth
Brouillet, Margaret Mary
Bowman, Edith White
Cable, Modesta Mary
Campbell, Mardell Ruth
Campbell, Marilyn
Crowley, Margaret Mary
Curtis, Dorothy Laurilla
Dolan, Mary Esther
Dunlap, Betty Lois
Edwards, Aleta Glydell
Frampton, Shirley Mae
Frost, Lorraine Mary
Gaherty, Ruth
Gary, Cecilia Moris
Guns, Genevieve M. (died in service)
Hill, Lorna Ella
Hosch, Florence Laura
Huntoon, Helen Fraser
Junck, Evelyn Catherine
Kersch, Betty Jean Marie
Kirk, Rita Catherine
Kittle, Marie Ellen
Larkin, Janice Natalia

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, 12 Jul 1944

Note: WAVES is an acronym for "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service". Their official name was the U.S. Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), but the nickname as the WAVES stuck. ~from Wikipedia