Thelma (Coulter) Fait, 92, formerly of Great Falls, an Army veteran and retired nurse anesthetist, died of natural causes Friday at Provena Villa Franciscan care center in Joliet, Ill.
Her funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Croxford Funeral Home, with burial in Manchester Cemetery.
Thelma was born March 29, 1918 in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated from high school in 1937 in Huntsville, and attended nursing school from 1937-1940, graduating as an R.N. in 1940. She then attended Western Reserve University Hospital School of Anesthesia in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1947-1948, and became a certified nurse anesthetist.
She entered the Army Nurse Corps from 1941-1947, and during her service was assigned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Barnes General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Alaskan Theater of Military Service in the Aleutian Islands. She was then recalled to service for the Korean War in 1951. She served at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and also worked at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. At the time of her discharge, she held the rank of captain.
Thelma married Dale Clark Fait on Dec. 3, 1950 in Huntsville. In 1962, she returned to work and was employed by the Columbus Hospital as a nurse anesthetist until retirement in 1980.
Thelma was an active member of the First Nazarene Church, serving wherever she was needed in senior group and social activities of the church. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Church of the Nazarene in April 2001.
In the fall of 2002, she moved to Crest Hill, Illinois, to be closer to her sons. She moved to Provena Villa Franciscan in 2007, when her declining health required full-time nursing care.
She enjoyed sewing, helping others and reading, especially books on Montana history and by Montana authors.
She is survived by her sons: Stephen Fait, of Chillicothe, II, and James Fait, of Romeoville, II; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, in 2000; and a grandson, Christopher, in 1986.
Memorials in her name are suggested to the First Church of the Nazarene, 1727 2nd Ave. S. Great Falls, MT 59405.
Published in Great Falls Tribune on June 30, 2010
Her funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Croxford Funeral Home, with burial in Manchester Cemetery.
Thelma was born March 29, 1918 in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated from high school in 1937 in Huntsville, and attended nursing school from 1937-1940, graduating as an R.N. in 1940. She then attended Western Reserve University Hospital School of Anesthesia in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1947-1948, and became a certified nurse anesthetist.
She entered the Army Nurse Corps from 1941-1947, and during her service was assigned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Barnes General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Alaskan Theater of Military Service in the Aleutian Islands. She was then recalled to service for the Korean War in 1951. She served at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and also worked at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. At the time of her discharge, she held the rank of captain.
Thelma married Dale Clark Fait on Dec. 3, 1950 in Huntsville. In 1962, she returned to work and was employed by the Columbus Hospital as a nurse anesthetist until retirement in 1980.
Thelma was an active member of the First Nazarene Church, serving wherever she was needed in senior group and social activities of the church. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Church of the Nazarene in April 2001.
In the fall of 2002, she moved to Crest Hill, Illinois, to be closer to her sons. She moved to Provena Villa Franciscan in 2007, when her declining health required full-time nursing care.
She enjoyed sewing, helping others and reading, especially books on Montana history and by Montana authors.
She is survived by her sons: Stephen Fait, of Chillicothe, II, and James Fait, of Romeoville, II; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, in 2000; and a grandson, Christopher, in 1986.
Memorials in her name are suggested to the First Church of the Nazarene, 1727 2nd Ave. S. Great Falls, MT 59405.
Published in Great Falls Tribune on June 30, 2010
Thelma (Coulter) Fait, 92, formerly of Great Falls, an Army veteran and retired nurse anesthetist, died of natural causes Friday at Provena Villa Franciscan care center in Joliet, Ill.
Her funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Croxford Funeral Home, with burial in Manchester Cemetery.
Thelma was born March 29, 1918 in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated from high school in 1937 in Huntsville, and attended nursing school from 1937-1940, graduating as an R.N. in 1940. She then attended Western Reserve University Hospital School of Anesthesia in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1947-1948, and became a certified nurse anesthetist.
She entered the Army Nurse Corps from 1941-1947, and during her service was assigned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Barnes General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Alaskan Theater of Military Service in the Aleutian Islands. She was then recalled to service for the Korean War in 1951. She served at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and also worked at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. At the time of her discharge, she held the rank of captain.
Thelma married Dale Clark Fait on Dec. 3, 1950 in Huntsville. In 1962, she returned to work and was employed by the Columbus Hospital as a nurse anesthetist until retirement in 1980.
Thelma was an active member of the First Nazarene Church, serving wherever she was needed in senior group and social activities of the church. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Church of the Nazarene in April 2001.
In the fall of 2002, she moved to Crest Hill, Illinois, to be closer to her sons. She moved to Provena Villa Franciscan in 2007, when her declining health required full-time nursing care.
She enjoyed sewing, helping others and reading, especially books on Montana history and by Montana authors.
She is survived by her sons: Stephen Fait, of Chillicothe, II, and James Fait, of Romeoville, II; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, in 2000; and a grandson, Christopher, in 1986.
Memorials in her name are suggested to the First Church of the Nazarene, 1727 2nd Ave. S. Great Falls, MT 59405.
Published in Great Falls Tribune on June 30, 2010
Her funeral is 10 a.m. Friday at Croxford Funeral Home, with burial in Manchester Cemetery.
Thelma was born March 29, 1918 in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated from high school in 1937 in Huntsville, and attended nursing school from 1937-1940, graduating as an R.N. in 1940. She then attended Western Reserve University Hospital School of Anesthesia in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1947-1948, and became a certified nurse anesthetist.
She entered the Army Nurse Corps from 1941-1947, and during her service was assigned to Camp Livingston, Louisiana; Barnes General Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Alaskan Theater of Military Service in the Aleutian Islands. She was then recalled to service for the Korean War in 1951. She served at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, and also worked at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. At the time of her discharge, she held the rank of captain.
Thelma married Dale Clark Fait on Dec. 3, 1950 in Huntsville. In 1962, she returned to work and was employed by the Columbus Hospital as a nurse anesthetist until retirement in 1980.
Thelma was an active member of the First Nazarene Church, serving wherever she was needed in senior group and social activities of the church. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Church of the Nazarene in April 2001.
In the fall of 2002, she moved to Crest Hill, Illinois, to be closer to her sons. She moved to Provena Villa Franciscan in 2007, when her declining health required full-time nursing care.
She enjoyed sewing, helping others and reading, especially books on Montana history and by Montana authors.
She is survived by her sons: Stephen Fait, of Chillicothe, II, and James Fait, of Romeoville, II; and two grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale, in 2000; and a grandson, Christopher, in 1986.
Memorials in her name are suggested to the First Church of the Nazarene, 1727 2nd Ave. S. Great Falls, MT 59405.
Published in Great Falls Tribune on June 30, 2010
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