PFC, WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS
WORLD WAR II
JEFFCOAT, Valma Viola Ala, born September 19, 1919, in Lanesville, Mass.,
passed away peacefully of natural causes, April 22, 2010, in Virginia Beach, Va. She was 90 years of age. The daughter of John A. and Amelia (Kolari) Ala, immigrants from Finland, she graduated from Rockport High School in 1937. As a student at Boston University, she majored in child development, and in 1943 withdrew from college to enlist in the U.S. Woman' s Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women' s Army Corps. She proudly served her country in World War II, in North Africa and Italy. In 1945, while stationed in Italy, she met a young paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, then recovering from combat wounds at the Army Hospital in Naples. In 1946, she and Harold B. Jeffcoat were married at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville. Hal Jeffcoat went on to play professional baseball for fourteen years, twelve in the major leagues as an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. They were married for 61 years, until his death in 2007. Valma was a founding member of the Women' s in Military Service Memorial and a member of the Women' s Army Corp Auxiliary, Chapter 88, of Tampa. Val and Hal, as they were affectionately called by their friends, attended Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa. They raised three children, Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat of Ft. Worth, Texas, Captain John P. Jeffcoat ret. U.S. Navy of Virginia Beach and Richard B. Jeffcoat, also of Virginia Beach. Valma loved her two daughters-in-law, Barrie Jeffcoat and Marie Jeffcoat; her three grandchildren, Jennifer Marie Morton, James Michael Jeffcoat and Jacqueline Marie Jeffcoat; as well as two great-grand children, Julianna Marie Morton and Ava Grace Morton. A private memorial service will take place in Tampa, and she will be laid to rest beside her husband, at the National Military Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Arrangements are being handled by the Cremation Society of Virginia.
WORLD WAR II
JEFFCOAT, Valma Viola Ala, born September 19, 1919, in Lanesville, Mass.,
passed away peacefully of natural causes, April 22, 2010, in Virginia Beach, Va. She was 90 years of age. The daughter of John A. and Amelia (Kolari) Ala, immigrants from Finland, she graduated from Rockport High School in 1937. As a student at Boston University, she majored in child development, and in 1943 withdrew from college to enlist in the U.S. Woman' s Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women' s Army Corps. She proudly served her country in World War II, in North Africa and Italy. In 1945, while stationed in Italy, she met a young paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, then recovering from combat wounds at the Army Hospital in Naples. In 1946, she and Harold B. Jeffcoat were married at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville. Hal Jeffcoat went on to play professional baseball for fourteen years, twelve in the major leagues as an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. They were married for 61 years, until his death in 2007. Valma was a founding member of the Women' s in Military Service Memorial and a member of the Women' s Army Corp Auxiliary, Chapter 88, of Tampa. Val and Hal, as they were affectionately called by their friends, attended Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa. They raised three children, Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat of Ft. Worth, Texas, Captain John P. Jeffcoat ret. U.S. Navy of Virginia Beach and Richard B. Jeffcoat, also of Virginia Beach. Valma loved her two daughters-in-law, Barrie Jeffcoat and Marie Jeffcoat; her three grandchildren, Jennifer Marie Morton, James Michael Jeffcoat and Jacqueline Marie Jeffcoat; as well as two great-grand children, Julianna Marie Morton and Ava Grace Morton. A private memorial service will take place in Tampa, and she will be laid to rest beside her husband, at the National Military Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Arrangements are being handled by the Cremation Society of Virginia.
PFC, WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS
WORLD WAR II
JEFFCOAT, Valma Viola Ala, born September 19, 1919, in Lanesville, Mass.,
passed away peacefully of natural causes, April 22, 2010, in Virginia Beach, Va. She was 90 years of age. The daughter of John A. and Amelia (Kolari) Ala, immigrants from Finland, she graduated from Rockport High School in 1937. As a student at Boston University, she majored in child development, and in 1943 withdrew from college to enlist in the U.S. Woman' s Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women' s Army Corps. She proudly served her country in World War II, in North Africa and Italy. In 1945, while stationed in Italy, she met a young paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, then recovering from combat wounds at the Army Hospital in Naples. In 1946, she and Harold B. Jeffcoat were married at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville. Hal Jeffcoat went on to play professional baseball for fourteen years, twelve in the major leagues as an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. They were married for 61 years, until his death in 2007. Valma was a founding member of the Women' s in Military Service Memorial and a member of the Women' s Army Corp Auxiliary, Chapter 88, of Tampa. Val and Hal, as they were affectionately called by their friends, attended Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa. They raised three children, Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat of Ft. Worth, Texas, Captain John P. Jeffcoat ret. U.S. Navy of Virginia Beach and Richard B. Jeffcoat, also of Virginia Beach. Valma loved her two daughters-in-law, Barrie Jeffcoat and Marie Jeffcoat; her three grandchildren, Jennifer Marie Morton, James Michael Jeffcoat and Jacqueline Marie Jeffcoat; as well as two great-grand children, Julianna Marie Morton and Ava Grace Morton. A private memorial service will take place in Tampa, and she will be laid to rest beside her husband, at the National Military Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Arrangements are being handled by the Cremation Society of Virginia.
WORLD WAR II
JEFFCOAT, Valma Viola Ala, born September 19, 1919, in Lanesville, Mass.,
passed away peacefully of natural causes, April 22, 2010, in Virginia Beach, Va. She was 90 years of age. The daughter of John A. and Amelia (Kolari) Ala, immigrants from Finland, she graduated from Rockport High School in 1937. As a student at Boston University, she majored in child development, and in 1943 withdrew from college to enlist in the U.S. Woman' s Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women' s Army Corps. She proudly served her country in World War II, in North Africa and Italy. In 1945, while stationed in Italy, she met a young paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division, then recovering from combat wounds at the Army Hospital in Naples. In 1946, she and Harold B. Jeffcoat were married at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lanesville. Hal Jeffcoat went on to play professional baseball for fourteen years, twelve in the major leagues as an outfielder and pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. They were married for 61 years, until his death in 2007. Valma was a founding member of the Women' s in Military Service Memorial and a member of the Women' s Army Corp Auxiliary, Chapter 88, of Tampa. Val and Hal, as they were affectionately called by their friends, attended Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Tampa. They raised three children, Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat of Ft. Worth, Texas, Captain John P. Jeffcoat ret. U.S. Navy of Virginia Beach and Richard B. Jeffcoat, also of Virginia Beach. Valma loved her two daughters-in-law, Barrie Jeffcoat and Marie Jeffcoat; her three grandchildren, Jennifer Marie Morton, James Michael Jeffcoat and Jacqueline Marie Jeffcoat; as well as two great-grand children, Julianna Marie Morton and Ava Grace Morton. A private memorial service will take place in Tampa, and she will be laid to rest beside her husband, at the National Military Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Arrangements are being handled by the Cremation Society of Virginia.
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