Certificate of Completion

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P. Hatch

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01/15/2010

Certificate of Completion

My grandmother,Adele L.(Patterson)Ryan(1914-1999)began nursing school right out of high school. However,she withdrew after a few months to be with her husband to be Walter. After having raised three daughters and after Walter's untimely death of a heart attack in 1966 my grandmother decided to go back to finish nursing school. In 1968 she graduated in the top 10% of her class. She went to work several years as a nurse in a hospital and nursing home.

Date & Place: May 1968 at The former Haverhill Trade School in Haverhill,Essex, Massachusetts USA

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