Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-14
STATE TROOPER
AND NURSE DEAD
Wife of Lieutenant Fair
service Tried to Save
One Of Men
10 CITY WOMEN VICTIMS
Made Supreme Sacrifice in
Fighting Epidemic as Brave
ly as Those at Front

An early morning train from western
Pennsylvania today brought the body of
Mrs Virginia F'airservice, former Phil
adelphia girl. who died early Saturday
morning In the Beaver Valley General
Hospital She is the tenth philadelphia
woman to- sacrifice her life while attend
ing influenza patients.
Mrs. Fairservice contracted pneumo-
MIA while nursing member of tn,
state constabulary. Her patient. Joseph
Malloy. member of the detachment at
Junction Park. told the young woman to
leave him and protect herself against
influenza. but, determined to see him
through" she stuck until attacked by
the disease. Fairly Saturday morning she
died. She leaves a husband anda four
month-old baby. Her body will be placed
in receiving vault al Fernwood Gene
terry.
Mrs Fairservice will he remembered
in this city as Miss Virginia Given, of
Overbrook. She was twenty-five years
old and eighteen months ago married
Lieutenant Richard II. Fairservice. of
the State police. Early in the summer
the young couple went to Junction Park.
Volunteered as Nurse
Three weeks ago. when influenza
spread to western Pennsylvania. Jo-
seph Malloy, member Of the detach-
ment commanded by Mrs. Fairserrice' S
; husband became i'll. Nurses were not
I obtainable, so the young woman vol
! unteered to care for the stricken troop
] er. with the tenderness of sister
! she attended Malloy. He pleaded WITT
the little woman to leave him. Don't
/ take any chances" he said, for you
( have husband and little baby. TheJ
4 can't afford to lose you"
! Malloy's appeal made Mrs. Fa'rseryic'
/ the more determined to continue and
she paid the price. Mslloy died early
last week and on Tuesday his faithful
! nurse was stricken. on Thursday th'
doctors held out hope for her recovery
but Friday night she began to fail ant
the following day passed away. Beside!
her husband and baby, Richard II. Fair
service. Jr.. she leaves II brother. Cap
tain John E. Given, L. $. A.. and
sister, Mrs. Joseph y. Nicholas, OF over
brook captain Given Is veteran o
the Spanish war and at the outbreai
Of the present war left the Midval
steel Company to enter the englnee
corps. He is stationed AT Camp Hum
phreys and is making ready FOR over
seas service.
il, Nurses Here Brave
Red Cross nurses in war-torn Franc
have shown no greater loyalty and BRAY
cry than that exhibited by the resolut
corps of Philadelphia nurses. Through
"A out the entire siege they refused to con
slider the personal hazards and sacrihces
Ten have paid the price and more thai
sixty others are now suffering IRON
the malady Twenty of these are II
critical condition.
The first nurse to die was Miss Ma,
Rush Of the Northeastern General Hos
piial Others who have made the su
preme sacrifice in the line OF duty ar
Miss Mary Stoner, night superintendent
: of the Lankenau Hospital; Miss Mar
Terranova. st. Josephs Hospital; Mis-
, Lillian Ray. Lankenau Hospital an
, the following at the Phlladelphi
. General Hospital: Miss Nellie O'Neil
head nurse Efe Batain. a studen
nurse Miss Mabel BOUCHER. head o
the childrens ward Miss Marian Wal
! ter and Miss Myrtle NJ. sides studen
. nurses
; "The nurses have died like soldier
on the firing line" says Director Kruser
OF the Department of Health and Chari
ties