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Andrus, Alice Lofgren, 1919-2003

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1919 - 2003

Biography

Alice Lofgren Andrus (1919-2003) was a US Navy World War II nurse.

Alice Lofgren Andrus was born on May 30, 1919 to Benjamin Franklin Lofgren and Alice Loise Lofgren in Huntsville, Weber, Utah. She served in the Navy Nurse Corps during WWII from 1944-1946 in California as well as on the USS Consolation in the Pacific Theater. She was married to Ralph J. Andrus in 1949 and had one daughter, Carol Jean Andrus. Alice passed away on April 22, 2003 and was buried in Kent, King County, Washington.

Citation:
Find a Grave, via WWW, October 20, 2020 (Alice Lofgren Andrus; b. May 30, 1919 to Benjamin Franklin Lofgren and Alice Loise Lofgren in Huntsville, Utah; had daughter Carol Jean Andrus; d. Apr. 22, 2003; buried in Kent, King County, Washington)

Library of Congress Veterans History Project, via WWW, October 20, 2020 (served in the US Navy Corps 1944-1946 in California and on the USS Consolation)

Alice Lofgren Andrus autobiography (married Ralph J. Andrus in 1949)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Alice Lofgren Andrus autobiography

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230341304]
Identifier: MSS 2622
Scope and Contents

Typewritten autobiography. Alice Lofgren was born in Huntsville, Utah, in 1919. She was a nurse during World War II serving at Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in Oakland, California, and on the USS Consolation. She married Ralph J. Andrus in 1949.

Dates: 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alice Lofgren Andrus autobiography

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