Marguerite Ann Yulo Sgro

February 24, 1926 - August 13, 2014

Ann Marie Gianotti writes: 

My dear friend and neighbor, Marguerite was in the Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated Grace Hospital in 1947 as a registered nurse. She worked in all three City of New Haven hospitals. She also worked at the Knights of Columbus for fifteen years in the membership department. She handled public relations for the West Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Spirit Alive Chorale.

Marguerite mentioned her duties while training, how she made sure to be very precise in her reports to the doctors she worked with at that time. She would say, "there were no computers!" She would say the pay was low ($1.00 a week she said) but her passion for nursing and her faith was what gave her the love of service to others. She is truly missed.

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Ann Marie is in her last year of nursing school and graduates in fall 2015!