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memory lane
Mary Ellen Campbell, a nurse of
42 years at Silver Hill Hospital and the cover story subject of the last Silver Linings edition, received an interesting letter in the mail recently. It was addressed from Norwalk, Connecticut’s Courtenay Austin, a name not familiar to Mary Ellen.
The letter explained that Courtenay was friends and a former roommate of Joan Vadas Boyer, who worked as a nurse at Silver Hill Hospital in the 1970s and 1980s. Joan passed away in 2011 and as Courtenay
was cleaning out drawers in her house recently, she came across
a pin that recognized Joan’s five-year anniversary of working at the hospital. The pewter pin was attached to the letter and gave Mary Ellen a surprise trip down memory lane.
“I remember Joan. She worked as a night nurse here,” Mary Ellen says. “This letter came out of nowhere. It’s so thoughtful and brings back memories.”
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