Wright County

Lt. Jean Arlene McCormick

 

DIETITIAN LEAVES

Clarion -- Lt. Jean Arlene McCormick left Tuesday for Camp Carson, Colo., At the completion of her boot training there she will be sent to Springfield, Mo., where she will be dietitian in the Veteran's hospital. Lt. McCormick is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William McCormick.

Source: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, IA - August 5, 1944


Jean Arlene McCormick was born Feb. 7, 1922 to William and Emma Evelyn Kerstein McCormick. She married William Zmolek.

Lt. McCormick served as the therapeutic dietitian at the General Hospital at Camp Butner, NC during World War II while serving with the Women’s Army Nurse Corps.

Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, Judge Newt Draheim - Chapter 69; ancestry.com