Shown here are the 11 young women who graduated from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Estevan early December 1969 after completing their Student Nursing Assistance course.
Front row, from left, Gail Runge, Brenda Bechtold, Muriel Thompson, Frances Mayer and Myrna Knuttila.
Back row, Norma Panchuk, Evelyn Benjamin, Eileen Cowan, Rosalie Righetti, Rose Pastl and Gladys Fagerheim.
They were honored at a special ceremony at St. Joseph’s prior to their final exam that took place in Regina.
