Lelia Moncure Kehoe, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) 96, died on May 11, 2015 at home in Warrenton.
Lieutenant Colonel Kehoe was born in Bealeton, VA, the daughter of John Carlisle and Mildred Moncure Kehoe. After graduating from Bealeton High School, she entered Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1940. She volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps after Pearl Harbor was attacked and reported for duty at Fort Eustis, VA in January 1942. She was assigned to the 51st Station Hospital and went overseas with them, landing at Casablanca, Morocco on Christmas Eve of 1942. After the North African campaign, she served with the 51st Station Hospital in Italy and France.
Following her World War II service, she worked at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. In 1948, she was commissioned a Captain in the Regular Army. During her Regular Army career, LTC Kehoe served as an operating room nurse and chief operating room nurse in Army hospitals throughout the US and Germany. After her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, she served as Chief Nurse of two Army hospitals and as Chief Nurse of the Eighth Army in Korea. LTC Kehoe's decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
LTC Kehoe served on the Vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and was a member of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Carter Society and the Army Nurse Corps Association. She was a respected leader, a skilled professional and an American patriot who loved her family and her country. She will always have a place in the hearts of those who were close to her.
LTC Kehoe was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Beverley Brown; and three brothers, Conway and William Kehoe who were killed in action in World War II, and LTC Powhatan Kehoe. She is survived by two sisters; Dorothy Koval and Clara Cleland and one brother, Carter Kehoe,
She will be especially missed by her many nieces and nephews.
A private burial will be at Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery in Stafford, VA.
In is requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 267, Remington, VA 22734 or Aquia Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 275, Stafford, VA.
Lieutenant Colonel Kehoe was born in Bealeton, VA, the daughter of John Carlisle and Mildred Moncure Kehoe. After graduating from Bealeton High School, she entered Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1940. She volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps after Pearl Harbor was attacked and reported for duty at Fort Eustis, VA in January 1942. She was assigned to the 51st Station Hospital and went overseas with them, landing at Casablanca, Morocco on Christmas Eve of 1942. After the North African campaign, she served with the 51st Station Hospital in Italy and France.
Following her World War II service, she worked at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. In 1948, she was commissioned a Captain in the Regular Army. During her Regular Army career, LTC Kehoe served as an operating room nurse and chief operating room nurse in Army hospitals throughout the US and Germany. After her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, she served as Chief Nurse of two Army hospitals and as Chief Nurse of the Eighth Army in Korea. LTC Kehoe's decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
LTC Kehoe served on the Vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and was a member of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Carter Society and the Army Nurse Corps Association. She was a respected leader, a skilled professional and an American patriot who loved her family and her country. She will always have a place in the hearts of those who were close to her.
LTC Kehoe was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Beverley Brown; and three brothers, Conway and William Kehoe who were killed in action in World War II, and LTC Powhatan Kehoe. She is survived by two sisters; Dorothy Koval and Clara Cleland and one brother, Carter Kehoe,
She will be especially missed by her many nieces and nephews.
A private burial will be at Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery in Stafford, VA.
In is requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 267, Remington, VA 22734 or Aquia Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 275, Stafford, VA.
Lelia Moncure Kehoe, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) 96, died on May 11, 2015 at home in Warrenton.
Lieutenant Colonel Kehoe was born in Bealeton, VA, the daughter of John Carlisle and Mildred Moncure Kehoe. After graduating from Bealeton High School, she entered Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1940. She volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps after Pearl Harbor was attacked and reported for duty at Fort Eustis, VA in January 1942. She was assigned to the 51st Station Hospital and went overseas with them, landing at Casablanca, Morocco on Christmas Eve of 1942. After the North African campaign, she served with the 51st Station Hospital in Italy and France.
Following her World War II service, she worked at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. In 1948, she was commissioned a Captain in the Regular Army. During her Regular Army career, LTC Kehoe served as an operating room nurse and chief operating room nurse in Army hospitals throughout the US and Germany. After her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, she served as Chief Nurse of two Army hospitals and as Chief Nurse of the Eighth Army in Korea. LTC Kehoe's decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
LTC Kehoe served on the Vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and was a member of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Carter Society and the Army Nurse Corps Association. She was a respected leader, a skilled professional and an American patriot who loved her family and her country. She will always have a place in the hearts of those who were close to her.
LTC Kehoe was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Beverley Brown; and three brothers, Conway and William Kehoe who were killed in action in World War II, and LTC Powhatan Kehoe. She is survived by two sisters; Dorothy Koval and Clara Cleland and one brother, Carter Kehoe,
She will be especially missed by her many nieces and nephews.
A private burial will be at Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery in Stafford, VA.
In is requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 267, Remington, VA 22734 or Aquia Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 275, Stafford, VA.
Lieutenant Colonel Kehoe was born in Bealeton, VA, the daughter of John Carlisle and Mildred Moncure Kehoe. After graduating from Bealeton High School, she entered Garfield Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1940. She volunteered for the Army Nurse Corps after Pearl Harbor was attacked and reported for duty at Fort Eustis, VA in January 1942. She was assigned to the 51st Station Hospital and went overseas with them, landing at Casablanca, Morocco on Christmas Eve of 1942. After the North African campaign, she served with the 51st Station Hospital in Italy and France.
Following her World War II service, she worked at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. In 1948, she was commissioned a Captain in the Regular Army. During her Regular Army career, LTC Kehoe served as an operating room nurse and chief operating room nurse in Army hospitals throughout the US and Germany. After her promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, she served as Chief Nurse of two Army hospitals and as Chief Nurse of the Eighth Army in Korea. LTC Kehoe's decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
LTC Kehoe served on the Vestry of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and was a member of the Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, The Carter Society and the Army Nurse Corps Association. She was a respected leader, a skilled professional and an American patriot who loved her family and her country. She will always have a place in the hearts of those who were close to her.
LTC Kehoe was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Beverley Brown; and three brothers, Conway and William Kehoe who were killed in action in World War II, and LTC Powhatan Kehoe. She is survived by two sisters; Dorothy Koval and Clara Cleland and one brother, Carter Kehoe,
She will be especially missed by her many nieces and nephews.
A private burial will be at Aquia Episcopal Church Cemetery in Stafford, VA.
In is requested that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 267, Remington, VA 22734 or Aquia Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 275, Stafford, VA.
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