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July 10, 2009
Captain Juel Ann Loughney, Navy Nurse Corps, Ret., 73, Virginia Beach, VA, died July 10, 2009.
Born on July 24, 1935, in Pittston, she was a daughter of John and Margaret Loughney. She graduated from St. John the Evangelist High School, Class of 1953; Pittston Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1956; and College Misericordia. She was a staff nurse and nursing instructor at Pittston Hospital and School of Nursing until 1966. She then joined the Navy as a lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps, serving on active duty for 29 years at a variety of duty stations, including wartime service on the hospital ship USS Sanctuary and Da Nang during the Vietnam War and as Director, Nursing Services on the hospital ship USNS Comfort during the first Gulf War.
Achieving the rank of Captain, she also served at the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, D.C., and as Director of Nursing Services at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, and completed her naval career as Executive Officer and acting Commanding Officer, Clinics Command, Newport, RI, retiring from active duty in 1995. In 2008, her name was placed on the Wall of Honor at the Women in the Military Service of America Memorial at Arlington Cemetery.
She was also preceded in death by brothers John F., Michael, Joseph; and sister Margaret Mary.
She is survived by her brothers and sister, Thomas, Gerald, Sr., Carol, IHM and Robert; loving sisters-in-law; nieces, nephews, friends, shipmates, and her companion in life for 23 years, Margaret “Peg” Armstrong.
A celebration of her life will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, at The Church of the Holy Family, 1279 North Great Neck Rd., Virginia Beach, VA. Memorial service will be held at the same location, on Friday at noon followed by a luncheon for all attendees.
Funeral Mass will be held November 19, at 12:45 p.m. at the Old Post Chapel, Ft. Myer, Arlington, VA, followed by military procession and burial in Arlington National Cemetery, with luncheon or reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Navy Nurse Corps Association, P.O. Box 5983, Virginia Beach, VA 23471 (877-662-2674) or Vethouse Inc. (serving homeless veterans) P.O. Box 62963, Virginia Beach, VA 23466 (757-724-8614)