Gertrude Noone dies at 110; world's oldest known living military veteran

Gertrude Noone joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943. She rose to the rank of sergeant first class and was chief clerk of the large dispensary at Ft. Myer, Va., by the time she left the Army in 1949.

Gertrude Noone dies at 110; world's oldest known living military veteran

By Dennis McLellan

September 12, 2009


Gertrude Noone was a 44-year-old insurance policy clerk for Travelers in Hartford, Conn., in 1943 when she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps.

When she died peacefully Thursday morning at age 110 at an assisted-living facility in Milford, Conn., she was the oldest known living military veteran in the world -- a fact that made her proud.

"Oh, she loved it," Deborah Woods, a grandniece, said Friday. "She felt it was important to serve when she did during World War II."

Noone, who rose to the rank of sergeant first class, was chief clerk of the large dispensary at Ft. Myer, Va., by the time she left the Army in 1949. She then worked as an administrative assistant at a private psychiatric hospital in Stamford, Conn., until retiring in 1962.
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Gertrude Noone dies at 110