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Cheryl Thompson
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By Cheryl Thompson| KUAF-FM (Fayetteville, AR) Verified Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she had lived for the past year, a nephew, Chris Leftenant, told NPR. "Aunt Nancy had a long, blessed life," a niece, Cheryl Leftenant, said.
By Cheryl Thompson| Buffalo News Verified This time of year is filled with mom – her birthday, the holidays, yellow mums – but it also saddened her. “Everything is dying.”She reminded me of this last night while I was making the bed. Since she passed last December, I’ve been waiting for the signs other people get, like pennies, numbers, or songs. A cardinal did appear in January, a brilliant red bird sitting on the snowy deck railing among a string of ordinary brown sparrows.
By Cheryl Thompson| KUAF-FM (Fayetteville, AR) Verified Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y. She was 104. Leftenant-Colon died peacefully at Massapequa Center Rehabilitation and Nursing in Amityville, where she had lived for the past year, a nephew, Chris Leftenant, told NPR. "Aunt Nancy had a long, blessed life," a niece, Cheryl Leftenant, said.
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