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James, Aline

1917-2008

Helmina Hansina Aline Moen, known as Aline, was born the third of nine children on January 28, 1917, in Beaver Flat, Saskatchewan. Aline trained at the Calgary General Hospital to become a nurse, completing her program in April 1943. Her nursing career started in Calgary but soon moved to a doctor's office in Olds, Alberta. After eight years there, she became a practical nurse in Whitehorse, Yukon, for three years, where she mainly attended to the health of the Indigenous people. When her contract in the north was over, she worked as a nursing supervisor at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, for a few years and then as a placement officer at Kawartha Lakes Girls Training School in Lindsay, Ontario. She retired in January 1982. She married Bertram (Bert) Vincent James on December 13, 1969. Aline died on July 28, 2008, in Lindsay, Ontario.

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Created August 12, 2021, by Kelly Turner.