Mary E. Prendergast McNamara

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1924 - 2004

Mary E. Prendergast was a 1945 graduate of St. Margaret’s Hospital School of Nursing in Boston MA. After graduation she and 16 of her classmates entered the Cadet Nursing Corps to help meet the Army's and Navy's nursing needs. Mary went on to serve at Lovell General Hospital at Ft. Devens Massachusetts until the end of the war. Following WWII, she married Army SSGT Jim McNamara and raised 11 children in Quincy Massachusetts where among other jobs, she was the neighborhood nurse for tens of kids in the area.

Last Name in Nursing School: 
Prendergast McNamara
Email address: 
tvmcnamara@comcast.net
Relationship Status: 
Cadet Nurse
Volunteer: 
No
Deceased Cadet Nurse: 
Yes
Nursing School: 
St. Margaret’s Hospital School of Nursing, Boston MA
Nursing School City: 
Boston
Nursing School State: 
Massachusetts
Photo: 
Portrait of Mary E. Prendergast McNamara
Graduation Year: 
1945