{"id":11550,"date":"2023-05-20T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=11550"},"modified":"2023-05-21T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T06:48:09","slug":"army-veteran-meta-monteleon-passes-away-at-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=11550","title":{"rendered":"Army Veteran Meta Monteleon passes away at 108"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meta Monteleon, a treasured resident at Dublin VA<\/a>, passed away peacefully in her sleep May 3. She was 108. <\/p>\n

Monteleon served in the Army Nurse Corps during WWII. After discharging in 1944, she continued with her nursing career for an additional 50 years. At the time of her passing, she was the oldest living WWII nurse.<\/p>\n

A devoted champion for Veterans, Monteleon attended countless ceremonies and celebrations at Dublin VA over the years, including Veterans Day, Memorial Day and most recently, Dublin VA\u2019s 75th anniversary on April 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mother loved serving in the Army, Red Cross and as a nurse, but she was also a superior Scrabble player and continued driving herself to games until she was 94 years old,\u201d said Martha Duke, her daughter. \u201cHer laughter could light up a room, and she will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the photo above, she was a guest speaker at a 2013 Memorial Day program.<\/p>\n

Born in 1914, Monteleon was one of the few Americans who toughed it out through two pandemics\u2014the Spanish Flu in 1918 and COVID-19. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Monteleon was a resident at Dublin VA, where stringent protocols were put in place to protect Veteran residents at its five Community Living Centers and Hospice Care Unit.<\/p>\n

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Army Veteran Meta Monteleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Two centenarian sisters were both WWII nurses<\/h2>\n

Monteleon made national news during the pandemic by using Facetime on a smartphone to call her centenarian sister Virginia Dupree Phillips who also served as a WWII nurse. After speaking with Virginia in 2020, Monteleon said, \u201cI think we\u2019re lucky to be as safe as we are. Having the ability to stay in touch with family during this time is wonderful and important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I served as an emcee for various events at Dublin VA, I always introduced Ms. Meta when announcing special guests, and we became quick friends,\u201d Army Vietnam Veteran Johnny Payne said. \u201cI\u2019ll always cherish the memories we had and the stories she shared as we both served during war time, and that\u2019s a bond that\u2019s uniquely special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Memorial to be added to Avenue of Flags<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s truly a privilege and honor that Ms. Monteleon trusted us with her care as we put our nation\u2019s heroes at the center of everything we do,\u201d said Medical Center Director Manuel Davila. \u201cCelebrating her 108th birthday last August was a historic, inspiring event that I\u2019ll cherish forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

A memorial brick with Monteleon\u2019s name will be added to Dublin VA\u2019s Avenue of Flags for Deceased Veterans at the base of the main flagpole later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meta Monteleon, a treasured resident at Dublin VA, passed away peacefully in her sleep May 3. She was 108. Monteleon served in the Army Nurse Corps during WWII. After discharging in 1944, she continued with her nursing career for an additional 50 years. At the time of her passing, she was the oldest living WWII […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-women-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11558,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11550\/revisions\/11558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}