Background
Dowdell, Celestine Thomas was born on February 27, 1931 in Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clarence Wiley and Alice Henietta (Gross) Thomas.
Dowdell, Celestine Thomas was born on February 27, 1931 in Virginia, United States. Daughter of Clarence Wiley and Alice Henietta (Gross) Thomas.
Certified tuberculosis nurse, Blue Ridge Sanitarium School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1950. Pediatric affiliation, Children's Hosp School of Nursing, Washington, 1956. Psychiatric affiliation, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, 1957.
Operating room nurse Annapolis (Maryland) General Hospital, 1957, medical/surgical nurse, 1957-1968, St. John's Hospital, Smithtown, New York, 1968-1972, Harkness Hospital, San Francisco, 1972-1974, Kaiser Hospital, South San Francisco, California, 1974-1982. Charge nurse eye clinic Kaiser Permanent, 1982-1994, retired, 1994.
Married Donald Hodges Dowdell, June 20, 1949. Children: Donald Steven, Kenneth Hodges.