The new year of 1880, January 1 saw the arrival of a daughter, Alice Stevens to Mary Ellen Tucker and John Fulton Drisko. She was born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine where her parents had been married in 1868. Alice is believed to be an only child. The same year she was born, the census reflected father John to be employed as a Sea Captain. At age 14 Alice attended the University of Washington in Seattle and was designated as a special student possibly due to her age. In 1910 at the age of 30 she and her widowed mother were living on Marion Street, Seattle, King County, Washington where Mary was employed as a Lodging House Keeper.
With the United States declaring war on Germany, April 6, 1917, Alice became a Red Cross Worker. She applied for a US Passport on September 28, 1918 for the purpose of Red Cross War Work. Her occupation was listed as a Young Women’s Christian Association Secretary. She had never been married, was age 38 and stood five feet, five and one-half inches tall with gray eyes and hair.
Her departure date and vessel to France and exactly where she served is unknown. Her duties are shown as American Red Cross Worker, on the Board of Vocational Education. If the carnage of war wasn’t enough, the 1918 Flu Pandemic was attacking worldwide killing hundreds of thousands of people. Half of those who died in France was due to the influenza virus. Alice Stevens Drisko was one of those, dying of pneumonia on February 20, 1919. Two days later she was buried in temporary grave # 11, Officers Plot, American Cemetery, Commune of Savenay, Loire Region.
In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers and civilians were given the choice of leaving their loved one buried in an American Cemetery in Europe or bring them home for reburial in a State or National Cemetery like Arlington or a cemetery in their hometown. Alice’s family decided to leave her buried with those she served and served with. It is believed that her aunt, Mrs. Georgia A. Jones of Omaha, Nebraska made this decision as she is listed on the death record, G.R.S. Form 13. On September 14, 1922 Alice was reburied in Grave # 24, Row 32, Plot B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France. Day is done, God is nigh.
It was my honor to write this short biography from available documents found. I know it doesn’t start to do Alice or her family justice. Please contact me if you can add to her story. Lest we forget…Larry E. Hume, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force, Retired.
With the United States declaring war on Germany, April 6, 1917, Alice became a Red Cross Worker. She applied for a US Passport on September 28, 1918 for the purpose of Red Cross War Work. Her occupation was listed as a Young Women’s Christian Association Secretary. She had never been married, was age 38 and stood five feet, five and one-half inches tall with gray eyes and hair.
Her departure date and vessel to France and exactly where she served is unknown. Her duties are shown as American Red Cross Worker, on the Board of Vocational Education. If the carnage of war wasn’t enough, the 1918 Flu Pandemic was attacking worldwide killing hundreds of thousands of people. Half of those who died in France was due to the influenza virus. Alice Stevens Drisko was one of those, dying of pneumonia on February 20, 1919. Two days later she was buried in temporary grave # 11, Officers Plot, American Cemetery, Commune of Savenay, Loire Region.
In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers and civilians were given the choice of leaving their loved one buried in an American Cemetery in Europe or bring them home for reburial in a State or National Cemetery like Arlington or a cemetery in their hometown. Alice’s family decided to leave her buried with those she served and served with. It is believed that her aunt, Mrs. Georgia A. Jones of Omaha, Nebraska made this decision as she is listed on the death record, G.R.S. Form 13. On September 14, 1922 Alice was reburied in Grave # 24, Row 32, Plot B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France. Day is done, God is nigh.
It was my honor to write this short biography from available documents found. I know it doesn’t start to do Alice or her family justice. Please contact me if you can add to her story. Lest we forget…Larry E. Hume, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force, Retired.
The new year of 1880, January 1 saw the arrival of a daughter, Alice Stevens to Mary Ellen Tucker and John Fulton Drisko. She was born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine where her parents had been married in 1868. Alice is believed to be an only child. The same year she was born, the census reflected father John to be employed as a Sea Captain. At age 14 Alice attended the University of Washington in Seattle and was designated as a special student possibly due to her age. In 1910 at the age of 30 she and her widowed mother were living on Marion Street, Seattle, King County, Washington where Mary was employed as a Lodging House Keeper.
With the United States declaring war on Germany, April 6, 1917, Alice became a Red Cross Worker. She applied for a US Passport on September 28, 1918 for the purpose of Red Cross War Work. Her occupation was listed as a Young Women’s Christian Association Secretary. She had never been married, was age 38 and stood five feet, five and one-half inches tall with gray eyes and hair.
Her departure date and vessel to France and exactly where she served is unknown. Her duties are shown as American Red Cross Worker, on the Board of Vocational Education. If the carnage of war wasn’t enough, the 1918 Flu Pandemic was attacking worldwide killing hundreds of thousands of people. Half of those who died in France was due to the influenza virus. Alice Stevens Drisko was one of those, dying of pneumonia on February 20, 1919. Two days later she was buried in temporary grave # 11, Officers Plot, American Cemetery, Commune of Savenay, Loire Region.
In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers and civilians were given the choice of leaving their loved one buried in an American Cemetery in Europe or bring them home for reburial in a State or National Cemetery like Arlington or a cemetery in their hometown. Alice’s family decided to leave her buried with those she served and served with. It is believed that her aunt, Mrs. Georgia A. Jones of Omaha, Nebraska made this decision as she is listed on the death record, G.R.S. Form 13. On September 14, 1922 Alice was reburied in Grave # 24, Row 32, Plot B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France. Day is done, God is nigh.
It was my honor to write this short biography from available documents found. I know it doesn’t start to do Alice or her family justice. Please contact me if you can add to her story. Lest we forget…Larry E. Hume, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force, Retired.
With the United States declaring war on Germany, April 6, 1917, Alice became a Red Cross Worker. She applied for a US Passport on September 28, 1918 for the purpose of Red Cross War Work. Her occupation was listed as a Young Women’s Christian Association Secretary. She had never been married, was age 38 and stood five feet, five and one-half inches tall with gray eyes and hair.
Her departure date and vessel to France and exactly where she served is unknown. Her duties are shown as American Red Cross Worker, on the Board of Vocational Education. If the carnage of war wasn’t enough, the 1918 Flu Pandemic was attacking worldwide killing hundreds of thousands of people. Half of those who died in France was due to the influenza virus. Alice Stevens Drisko was one of those, dying of pneumonia on February 20, 1919. Two days later she was buried in temporary grave # 11, Officers Plot, American Cemetery, Commune of Savenay, Loire Region.
In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers and civilians were given the choice of leaving their loved one buried in an American Cemetery in Europe or bring them home for reburial in a State or National Cemetery like Arlington or a cemetery in their hometown. Alice’s family decided to leave her buried with those she served and served with. It is believed that her aunt, Mrs. Georgia A. Jones of Omaha, Nebraska made this decision as she is listed on the death record, G.R.S. Form 13. On September 14, 1922 Alice was reburied in Grave # 24, Row 32, Plot B, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France. Day is done, God is nigh.
It was my honor to write this short biography from available documents found. I know it doesn’t start to do Alice or her family justice. Please contact me if you can add to her story. Lest we forget…Larry E. Hume, Chief Master Sergeant, US Air Force, Retired.
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