Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
NameWhelan
Spouses
Birth31 Mar 1921, Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico
Death2 Dec 1991, Arizona
BurialNational Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
OccupationPFC, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II
FatherRobert P. (Bert) McCaw (1883-1962)
MotherBurnia Reed (~1892-<1930)
Notes for Whelan
Source:
Ancestry.com—U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
Notes for Ruth (Spouse 1)
Source:
Ancestry.com—U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006; U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; and Watkins Family Tree; and
www.findagrave.com.
Her gravesite lists her date of birth as March 31, 1921.
She started her service in the WAAC on August 4, 1943.
She and her husband had five children.