Britton, Emma Leone Emma Leone Britton, age 99, of Dunedin, Florida passed away on Monday, December 11, 2006, in Florida. She was the seventh daughter and eleventh child of Milton and Nellie Britton, who were lifelong residents of Newaygo County. Leone graduated from Fremont High School and was and honor graduate of Marion Louise Withey School of Nursing in Grand Rapids. After a few years of private duty, night supervision, she was chief nurse of Huizenga Memorial Hospital in Zeeland. In 1940, she enrolled in the University of Michigan School of Public Health Nursing and between semesters was employed at the Ottawa County Health Dept. in Grand Haven. In 1942, as a Red Cross Nurse, she was called into the military service, The Army Nurse Corps (ANC), where she served for 20 years. Tours of duty included the United States, including the Surgeon Generals Office in Washington, DC, European and Pacific theaters. While stationed at McCormack General Hospital, she did recruitment for the ANC in the California area. At Valley Forge, PA, she was awarded a citation by the Army, Navy, and Air Force for an improvement on the iron lung, used for Poliomyelitis patients. In 1963, Leone retired a Lt. Colonel and settled in Dunedin, FL was interested in helping people and did much volunteer work. She was a member of the First Church of Christ Scientist, Dunedin, FL and the Mother Church in Boston, MA and was active in committee work. Leone is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. Arrangements by Crandell Funeral Home - Fremont. 1-888-464-7837 www.crandellfh.com Click here to post a condolence or memory of Emma Leone Britton Family on-line I was a 17 1/2 year German medical secretary working at 2nd General Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany when Leone was a Major and Supervising Nurse in charge of the Outpatient Department. I still have her letter of recommendation, dated 3 Aug. 1960 before she returned to the United States. I came to America in Jan. of 1964 and kept in touch with Leone until she could not longer remember who I was when I phoned her. I believe it must have been 2004. I just did a search on the internet to find out she died in 2006. My heartfelt condolences to all family members. I now live in Point Reyes, CA., 38 miles north of San Francisco at the Point Reyes National Seashore. My husband and I have Bed & Breakfast Cottages. I have very fond memories of Leone and still make her Bread & Butter pickle recipe every year. Leone was one of a kind. I will never forget her. Respectfully, Doris Ferrando 415-663-1378 www.ferrando.com Posted 4/192010