Authoritative nameStehle, Mary M. (Oldehoff), 1922-2001Dates of existence1922 January 16 - 2001 October 31OccupationsNursesBiographical/Historical Note
Mary M. (Oldehoff) Stehle was a registered nurse who served as a flight nurse in World War II.
Mary Magdalene Oldehoff was born to Elizabeth Schlachter and Robert F. Oldehoff in Orange, New Jersey in 1922. She served as a flight nurse with the 824th and 830th squadrons in the Pacific Theater during World War II, with a rank of Lt. Colonel. She continued to be active with flight nurses following the war, for example by presenting on the history of early flight nurses at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, in 1968. She was a member of the World War II Flight Nurses Association as well as the Women in Military Service Association.
She married Kenneth L. Stehle in New Jersey in 1945. They had two daughters. She lived in New Jersey until 1971 when she moved to Florida. She died in Manatee, Florido on October 31, 2001. She is buried at Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Biographical information from records on Ancestry.com and legendsofflightnurses.org.
