Joan is the daughter and only child of Frank M. and Daisy (Miller) Wichman. She attended Salt Lake City Schools and then nursing school at St. Mary's of the Wasatch. She was a faithful wife and mother to 7 children, living sacrificially to help provide extras for her family.
She was a gifted and kind nurse, serving during the polio epidemic of 1952, when her first born son, John, was stricken and was placed in an iron lung for a year at St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden. When he was released, she then worked in oncology. She was surgical assistant to Dr. Pincock, Oral Surgeon, in Ogden, Utah during her last years until her death in 1964 due to a heart attack.
She was a gifted and kind nurse, serving during the polio epidemic of 1952, when her first born son, John, was stricken and was placed in an iron lung for a year at St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden. When he was released, she then worked in oncology. She was surgical assistant to Dr. Pincock, Oral Surgeon, in Ogden, Utah during her last years until her death in 1964 due to a heart attack.
Joan is the daughter and only child of Frank M. and Daisy (Miller) Wichman. She attended Salt Lake City Schools and then nursing school at St. Mary's of the Wasatch. She was a faithful wife and mother to 7 children, living sacrificially to help provide extras for her family.
She was a gifted and kind nurse, serving during the polio epidemic of 1952, when her first born son, John, was stricken and was placed in an iron lung for a year at St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden. When he was released, she then worked in oncology. She was surgical assistant to Dr. Pincock, Oral Surgeon, in Ogden, Utah during her last years until her death in 1964 due to a heart attack.
She was a gifted and kind nurse, serving during the polio epidemic of 1952, when her first born son, John, was stricken and was placed in an iron lung for a year at St. Benedict's Hospital in Ogden. When he was released, she then worked in oncology. She was surgical assistant to Dr. Pincock, Oral Surgeon, in Ogden, Utah during her last years until her death in 1964 due to a heart attack.
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