Madison County

Iola Maxine Eyerly

 

 

Cadet Nurses Learning to Fly

Three members of the cadet nurse corps from Iowa Lutheran hospital who are taking flying lessons at the municipal airport are (left to right) Helen Johnson, Fort Dodge, Ia.; Joan Helmick, Ames Ia.; and Iola Eyerly, Winterset, Ia. They are preparing to become flight nurses.

Source: The DesMoines Register, May 12, 1944 (photo included)

3 to Colorado As Army Nurses

Three nurses, graduates of Iowa Lutheran hospital, are to report to Camp Carson, Colo., preparatory to become nurses, it was announced Tuesday.

The nurses are Iola Eyerly, Winterset, Ia; Margaret Bjork and Lorraine Westholm, Albert City, Ia.

The three young women were members of the Red Cross student reserves.

Source: DesMoines Tribune, November 14, 1944 (photo included)

Iola Maxine Eyerly Wilson was born Feb 7, 1922 to Ray V. and Mabel Wright Eyerly. She died Aug. 22, 2006.

Iowa served in World War II with the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in the South Pacific. She was married to Warner Wilson.

Source: ancestry.com