Amelia Leino and Lillian Turner
Images and notes from the Hanna Basin Museum with contribution from Bob Leathers
AMELIA LEINO, RN, COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL, 1934. (PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN COLLAMER AND HANNA BASIN MUSEUM)
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LILLIAN TURNER, B.A. NURSING, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, 1945. (PHOTO COURTESY OF MILLIE MOORING AND HANNA BASIN MUSEUM)
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Two women, one a Hanna native, the other arriving there to continue a distinguished career. Both nurses, both one-time members of the US Army Nurse Corps, both with degrees from Columbia University, both dedicated to serving.
Amelia Leino, RN, BS, MS, EdD (1913-1985) was born in Three Town to Finnish immigrants, coal miner John Leino and his wife Hilma. Amelia excelled in Hanna High School as scholar and athlete. After graduating, Amelia boarded a train for Chicago where she enrolled at Cook County Hospital’s School of Nursing. So began her long career as student and educator, culminating with her appointment as the first Dean of the Nursing School at the University of Wyoming. Hired in 1951, Amelia Leino was the university’s first female dean. She developed the baccalaureate program and influenced nursing education nationwide.
Lillian Turner BS, BS in Nursing, PA (1918-2014) grew up on the family ranch near Coalmont, Colorado. One of her first jobs was herding sheep; another was teaching all eight grades in a one-room school. After completing her B.S. in Nursing, Lillian set forth on a lifetime of service, much of it related to war and its aftermath. Among many others roles, Lillian was an army nurse in the Phillipines, an advisor to the head nurse in a hospital in Pago, Pago, American Samoa, a pediatric nurse in Saigon, Vietnam. At the age of sixty, she began a new career by becoming a certified Physician Assistant. From 1989 to 1996, her retirement year, Lillian was the only medical person on staff at Hanna’s Energy Basin Clinic.
Amelia Leino, RN, BS, MS, EdD (1913-1985) was born in Three Town to Finnish immigrants, coal miner John Leino and his wife Hilma. Amelia excelled in Hanna High School as scholar and athlete. After graduating, Amelia boarded a train for Chicago where she enrolled at Cook County Hospital’s School of Nursing. So began her long career as student and educator, culminating with her appointment as the first Dean of the Nursing School at the University of Wyoming. Hired in 1951, Amelia Leino was the university’s first female dean. She developed the baccalaureate program and influenced nursing education nationwide.
Lillian Turner BS, BS in Nursing, PA (1918-2014) grew up on the family ranch near Coalmont, Colorado. One of her first jobs was herding sheep; another was teaching all eight grades in a one-room school. After completing her B.S. in Nursing, Lillian set forth on a lifetime of service, much of it related to war and its aftermath. Among many others roles, Lillian was an army nurse in the Phillipines, an advisor to the head nurse in a hospital in Pago, Pago, American Samoa, a pediatric nurse in Saigon, Vietnam. At the age of sixty, she began a new career by becoming a certified Physician Assistant. From 1989 to 1996, her retirement year, Lillian was the only medical person on staff at Hanna’s Energy Basin Clinic.
Turner, Lillian Erna (Colorado State College)
Turner, Lillian E.
Cemetery: Hanna
Plot: 412
Born: Apr. 22, 1918
Died: Dec. 3, 2014
Age: 96 y's, 7 m's, 11 d's
Note: Lillian Erna Turner, female, was born on April 22, 1918 in Coalmont, Colorado to Harvey and Erna L. Turner. She attended school at Colorado State College in Fort Collins, Colorado - Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. She served in World War II as a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army. She died December 3, 2014 in Rawlins, Wyoming and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in plot 412. (Ancestry) (BL)
Cemetery: Hanna
Plot: 412
Born: Apr. 22, 1918
Died: Dec. 3, 2014
Age: 96 y's, 7 m's, 11 d's
Note: Lillian Erna Turner, female, was born on April 22, 1918 in Coalmont, Colorado to Harvey and Erna L. Turner. She attended school at Colorado State College in Fort Collins, Colorado - Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. She served in World War II as a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army. She died December 3, 2014 in Rawlins, Wyoming and was buried in the Hanna, Wyoming cemetery in plot 412. (Ancestry) (BL)
(Image by Bob Leathers)
(Image by Bob Leathers)