A question about veterans buried in the Mount Notre Dame Cemetery of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur led to the discovery of three stories. Sister Dorothy Beach and Sister Marguerite McHugh served in the WAVES during World War II and entered the Sisters of Notre Dame after the war.
There is also one veteran of World War I in our cemetery: Sister Louise Joseph, who, as Geraldine Marie Fitzgerald, served as a Yeoman in the U.S. Naval Reserve Force. Above is a photo of Geraldine in her winter uniform.
Geraldine entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1921. To read more about her life, click here.