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The Dee School of Nursing was founded in 1910 to provide training for nurses who would staff the new Dee Memorial Hospital. The first class of eight nurses graduated from the school in 1913 and the school continued to operate until 1955, with a total of more than 700 graduates. A new nursing school and home located just east of the hospital was completed in 1917 and all nursing students were required to live in the home during their training.

This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the school's alumni before their stories disappear in the same way the Dee Hospital has disappeared. The oral interviews focus on how the women became involved with the school, their experiences going through training, and how they used the training.

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Oral History Interviews

Allen, Delpha Greaves_OH2_001

Ball, Faye_OH2_002

Ball, Phylllis Call_OH2_003

Bird, Dorothy Mills_OH2_004

Brown, Leona Gibb_OH2_005

Brown, Ruth_OH2_006

Criddle, Bertie_OH2_007

Crookston, Melva C_OH2_008

Gibbs, Diane_OH2_009

Gillman, Louise_OH2_010

Hansen, Norma_OH2_011

Hogge, Catherine_OH2_012

Johnson, Glenda_OH2_013

Layton, Patricia_OH2_014

Manning, Josephine_OH2_015

Martineau, Eloise_OH2_016

Meyerhoffer, June Slater_OH2_017

Morrin, Jane S_OH2_018

Mortenson, Hope_OH2_019

Murray, Lois_OH2_020

Naisbitt, Sue_OH2_021

Peterson, Dora Leskow_OH2_022

Purdy, Phyliis Naegle_OH2_23

Roskelley, Alta R_OH2_024

Saunders, Arlene_OH2_025

Shepard, Lois Berlin_OH2_026

Shiramizu, Elsie_OH2_027

Slater, Betty Jo_OH2_017

Stauffer, Sandra_OH2_028

Stratford, Edna_OH2_029

Tanner, Virginia_OH2_030

Telleson, Glorya Stokes_OH2_031

Thurgood, LouAnn_OH2_032

Tripp, Karla Paul_OH2_033

Turner, Regina Urban_OH2_034

Walker, Claire_OH2_035

Walling, Grace Ann H_OH2_036

Weeks, Carol_OH2_037

Willard, Grace Locke Hart_OH2_038

Woodfield, Jean_OH2_012

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The St. Benedict’s School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over that forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State College’s Practical Nurse Program and eventually merged into Weber’s Nursing Program.
This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedict’s Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History.

(Digital Copy Linked - To access hard copy/working files, take name and OH number to the

Special Collections Department)

Oral History Interviews

Allen, Darlene_OH6_001

Anderson, Annette_OH6_002

Beckwith, Iris_OH6_003

Bindrup, Pamela_OH6_004

Binkley, Judith_OH6_005

Bird, Francis_OH6_006

Brown, Patricia_OH6_007

Brunson, Evelyn_OH6_008

Chandler, Jackie_OH6_009