1. | Elizabeth VALINE MESSNER was born in Dec 1892 in Utica, Fergus Co., Montana; died after 1947 in Indian Rock Beach, Florida. Notes: Valine Messner entered the armed services in 1916 as a nurse, living in the Orient & Hawaii for man years. She was the last chief nurse to leave the Philippines just ahead of the Japanese takeover. She opened 2 hospitals in the States & retired in 1947 as a Lieutenant Colonel. She retired in 1947 as a Lieutenant Colonel & after retirement resided at Indian Rock Beach, Florida. - - - |