DELLA-CALICE, E. Claire

(Maiden Name: McKinnon)

E. Claire Della-Calice, 62, a registered nurse who retired in 1979 from the Cartwright Elementary School District, died Oct. 6 1980, in her home, 4725 W. Mitchell Drive.  

Mrs. Della-Calice was decorated for valor under fire while serving with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in France and Germany during World War II.  She worked for St. Joseph's Hospital from 1953 to 1963.  

Surviving are her husband, Louis; children, Regis, Ann and Michael; four sisters, Evelyn Roach, Doris Latfin (spelling could be Laffin or Laflin or ?), Rene MacAdam, Sister Hilda McKinnon; and six brothers, John, Wilfred, Ronald, Gordon, Steve & Fr. Leonard McKinnon.  

Scripture services will be 8 p.m. today in St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 3140 N. 51st Ave.  Mass will be 10 a.m. Thursday in the church.  Friends may call from 2 to 6 p.m. today in the beautiful new John Paul Chapel at Northwest Mortuary.  

Published in The Arizona Republic Wednesday, October 8, 1980.

Posted by Pat Wilson on February 12, 2010

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