Verna Vivian Hobbs was born in a coal mining camp to Milton and Matilda Hobbs. She grew up in various coal mining towns where her father could find work in the mines.
After high school she attended Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing where she earned her R.N. and then went on to become a U.S. Army nurse in 1938. She was stationed at Fitzsimmons U.S. Army Medical Center in Denver CO. where she met her future husband, JP Walker.
In 1941 2LT Hobbs received orders to report to Pearl Harbor HI (US Territories) but instead she resigned her commission and got out of the Army to be a wife and mother. Had she not gotten out of the Army she would have been present for the Dec. 7th, 1941 Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor!
Verna H. Walker became a devoted Army wife, a stay-at-home mother, returning to nursing to help pay for her daughter's college education. She was a loved member of her community, church (where she was Sunday School Director for 31 years), and family as a Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. She is buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery with her husband.
After high school she attended Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing where she earned her R.N. and then went on to become a U.S. Army nurse in 1938. She was stationed at Fitzsimmons U.S. Army Medical Center in Denver CO. where she met her future husband, JP Walker.
In 1941 2LT Hobbs received orders to report to Pearl Harbor HI (US Territories) but instead she resigned her commission and got out of the Army to be a wife and mother. Had she not gotten out of the Army she would have been present for the Dec. 7th, 1941 Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor!
Verna H. Walker became a devoted Army wife, a stay-at-home mother, returning to nursing to help pay for her daughter's college education. She was a loved member of her community, church (where she was Sunday School Director for 31 years), and family as a Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. She is buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery with her husband.
Verna Vivian Hobbs was born in a coal mining camp to Milton and Matilda Hobbs. She grew up in various coal mining towns where her father could find work in the mines.
After high school she attended Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing where she earned her R.N. and then went on to become a U.S. Army nurse in 1938. She was stationed at Fitzsimmons U.S. Army Medical Center in Denver CO. where she met her future husband, JP Walker.
In 1941 2LT Hobbs received orders to report to Pearl Harbor HI (US Territories) but instead she resigned her commission and got out of the Army to be a wife and mother. Had she not gotten out of the Army she would have been present for the Dec. 7th, 1941 Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor!
Verna H. Walker became a devoted Army wife, a stay-at-home mother, returning to nursing to help pay for her daughter's college education. She was a loved member of her community, church (where she was Sunday School Director for 31 years), and family as a Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. She is buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery with her husband.
After high school she attended Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing where she earned her R.N. and then went on to become a U.S. Army nurse in 1938. She was stationed at Fitzsimmons U.S. Army Medical Center in Denver CO. where she met her future husband, JP Walker.
In 1941 2LT Hobbs received orders to report to Pearl Harbor HI (US Territories) but instead she resigned her commission and got out of the Army to be a wife and mother. Had she not gotten out of the Army she would have been present for the Dec. 7th, 1941 Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor!
Verna H. Walker became a devoted Army wife, a stay-at-home mother, returning to nursing to help pay for her daughter's college education. She was a loved member of her community, church (where she was Sunday School Director for 31 years), and family as a Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother. She is buried at Ft. Logan National Cemetery with her husband.
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