Gertrude Noone dies at 110; world's oldest known living military veteran

"Gertrude Noone was a 44-year-old insurance policy clerk for Travelers in Hartford, Conn., in 1943 when she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps.

When she died peacefully Thursday morning at age 110 at an assisted-living facility in Milford, Conn., she was the oldest known living military veteran in the world -- a fact that made her proud.

"Oh, she loved it," Deborah Woods, a grandniece, said Friday. "She felt it was important to serve when she did during World War II."

Noone, who rose to the rank of sergeant first class, was chief clerk of the large dispensary at Ft. Myer, Va., by the time she left the Army in 1949. She then worked as an administrative assistant at a private psychiatric hospital in Stamford, Conn., until retiring in 1962.

Bob Johnson, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who has spent the last 19 years helping World War I and World War II veterans receive recognition and awards, said the title of the world's oldest known living military veteran passed to Noone when British World War I veteran Harry Patch died July 25 at 111."

May she rest in peace

Gertrude Noone dies at 110; world's oldest known living military veteran -- latimes.com

 

R.I.P. Gertrude!

 

May she rip

 

This is my very first post and it is fitting that the first thing I should do, as a member, is give thanks for Gertrude and all the men and women who have served our great country. May their sacrifices and stories never been forgotten.

 

Rest in Peace Ma'am :mourn:

 

She must have been an amazing woman, as all our veterans are and were. May she rest in peace.