Greta Benn Baldwin

13 years ago

    Baldwin, Greta B., 95, June 22, 2012.
  American Flag Color  GRETA BENN BALDWIN, on June 22, of McLean, VA, widow of the late David H. Baldwin of Abington, PA. Mrs. Baldwin was born at home in Smyrna, Maine on August 4, 1916. She was the daughter of the late Edith J. (Warman) and Melvin L. Benn.
    She attended Smyrna public schools and graduated from Merrill High School in 1933. She graduated from Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Maine in 1937. She served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps for eighteen months. She worked as a registered nurse in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. For many years she practiced private duty nursing in the Abington, PA area. The Baldwins spent the months from Memorial Day until Labor Day at the family camp on Shin Pond, Maine.
    Mrs. Baldwin is survived by three daughters: Jeanne Young (Stephen) of Silver Spring, MD, Brittany Storie (Richard) of Highgate Center, VT, and Elizabeth Bieler (James) of Edgewater, MD; a granddaughter, Elaine Elderkin (Jorge Otazo); three grandsons, David (Megan) Storie, Jay Storie, and James (Jimmy) Bieler; a great-granddaughter, Amaya Otazo, and a great-grandson, William (Will) Storie. She also leaves several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth A. Benn, and her sister, Col. Hazel E. Benn, USMCR.
    Donations in Mrs. Baldwin’s honor may be sent to the Navy Marine Coast Guard Residents Foundation (NMCGRF), 6251 Old Dominion Drive, McLean, VA  22101 or to the Stetson Memorial Methodist Church, Patten, ME  04765.