Dee Hospital

Lois Berlin Shepherd discusses her memories of the Dee School of Nursing, including rotating to each floor while in the program and responsibilities of a typical shift. The interview took place on August 12, 2008.

Elsie Okamoto Shiramizu discusses being placed in a Japanese internment camp with her family after Pearl Harbor. She also talks of her time at the Dee School of Nursing and her volunteer work. The interview took place on July 22, 2008.

Betty Jo Slater shares her memories of attending the Dee School of Nursing during World War II, and graduating in 1945. The interview took place on July 31, 2008.

Sandra Stauffer shares her recollections of her mother, Maxine Jackson Owens, who graduated from the Dee School of Nursing in 1943. The interview took place on October 30, 2008.

Edna Walchli Stratford shares her recollections of nursing school and discusses the advancements in medicine. Stratford graduated from the Dee School of Nursing in 1955. The interview took place on November 3, 2008.

Virginia Tanner discusses her memories of training at the Dee School of Nursing. She talks of her experiences taking classes, tending a surgeon's children for extra money, and graduating with the class of 1954. The interview took place on October 16, 2008.

Glorya Stokes Telleson discusses her training at the Dee School of Nursing and completing hours in each of the disciplines, including medical, surgical, nursery, pediatrics, operating room, emergency room, psychiatry and communicable disease. The interview took place on August 19, 2008.

Lou Ann Larsen Thurgood recalls her time spent as a nursing student at the Dee Hospital. She talks of her capping ceremony, repeating the Nightingale pledge, training for six weeks at the Tuberculosis Sanatorium, and the evolution of nursing. The interview took place on November 17, 2008.

Karla Paul Tripp graduated from the Dee School of Nursing in 1943. She shares her memories of using glass syringes and cutting and curling hair for other nursing students and their housemother. The interview took place on September 23, 2008.

Regina Urban Turner describes her training at the Dee School of Nursing during World War II, and experiencing supply rations, a shortage of practicing doctors, and the introduction of sulfa to the hospital. The interview took place on September 11, 2008.