June 3, 2014 Royal Columbian Hospital Alumnae celebration

Posted on: November 18, 2014

Jessie Middleton was honoured at the RCH Nursing Alumnae mtg on June 3rd. It’s 75 years since she graduated from RCH.

Photo Credit: Jackie Ratzlaff, Photo: Jessie Middleton & Jackie Ratzlaff

Thank you to Jackie Ratzlaff for sharing this information, she tells us that her relationship with Jessie goes back a long way in that Jessie’s husband, Fred, was the school principal in Salmo where Jackie grew up.  Jessie was known as the go-to nurse in that small community, she delivered a couple of babies also.

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