St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1942. Twenty nine members of the class received their diplomas on Tuesday, May 26th. Proudly wearing their dark capes and nursing uniforms were: Front row (L-R) Myrtle Dora Connelly, Harriett Belle Howard, Bettie Jane Frodel, Lois Madalyn Ayres, Margaret Helen McConnell, Agnes Rae Smith, Alice Victoria Milne, Monja Pankiewicz, Rosa Irene Lecertua and Esther Massie Dunnigan. Middle row: Mary Dolores Smith, salutatorian Darlene Dorothy Caillier, Betsy Irene Leonard, class president Mary Patricia Smith, Lorraine Mary Gay, Kathleen Vincent Singleton, class vice-president Vera McMillan, June Dorothea Melton and Martha Jean Sparling. Back row: Roberta Edythe Clark, valedictorian Mary Agnes Pagoaga, Zita Susann Corapina, Patricia June Brown, Dorothy Rosemary Dreyer, Ruth Elizabeth Werner, Helen Marie Krippaehne, Edith Pelle Peason, Rita Irene Becker and Delta Lillian Nicholls. (T. Times 5/28/1942, pg. 9)
Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nurses--Tacoma; Nursing--Tacoma; St. Joseph's Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma);