Draft:Teresa Stauffer Foster

Teresa Stauffer Foster
Teresa was born on January 11, 1916. She was the daughter of Samual Martin Stauffer and Anne Mary Dorwart.[1] She was born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where she decided to go to St Joseph Nursing School in 1937.[2]

Teresa joined the Army Nurse Corps when she was 25 years old.[3] Teresa met the numerous requirements associated with being a nurse then including being single. She was stationed in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor shortly after joining the Corps.[4] She was there on December 7, 1941. She had just been leaving her night shift when the attack began.[5] Teresa, along with many others responded immediately to help the wounded and provide the organization in the chaos.

Following the war, Teresa married a man named John Foster.[6] They lived together in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and had one daughter before John died in 1950.[7] Teresa died in Lancaster in 1998 at the age of 82.[8] She was buried at Saint Joseph's New Roman Catholic Cemetary in Bausman, Pennsylvania.[9]

Bibliography

“Fred J. Dorwart, Census, United States Census 1950.” FamilySearch.org. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBV-RS68.

Reinhard, Jack, and Jimmy Raxasena | 69 News. “Babies and Bombs: A Nurse’s Pearl Harbor Experience.” WFMZ.com, December 7, 2022. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/babies-and-bombs-a-nurses-pearl-harbor-experience/article_f0edb7e6-75eb-11ed-8b34-833b516999fe.html.

“Teresa C Stauffer Foster (1916-1998) - Find a...” Find a Grave. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86469058/teresa-c-foster.

“Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287. [1] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.

[2] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.

[3] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.

[4] Reinhard, Jack, and Jimmy Raxasena | 69 News. “Babies and Bombs: A Nurse’s Pearl Harbor Experience.” WFMZ.com, December 7, 2022. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/babies-and-bombs-a-nurses-pearl-harbor-experience/article_f0edb7e6-75eb-11ed-8b34-833b516999fe.html.

[5] Reinhard, Jack, and Jimmy Raxasena | 69 News. “Babies and Bombs: A Nurse’s Pearl Harbor Experience.” WFMZ.com, December 7, 2022. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/babies-and-bombs-a-nurses-pearl-harbor-experience/article_f0edb7e6-75eb-11ed-8b34-833b516999fe.html.

[6] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.

[7] “Fred J. Dorwart, Census, United States Census 1950.” FamilySearch.org. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBV-RS68.

[8] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.

[9] “Teresa C. (Stauffer) Foster.” WikiTree, October 25, 2023. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stauffer-2287.