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    "ocrText": "I\ne.\n-\n5\nMra\nLn\nPLAINFIELD, N. J., COURIER-NEWS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1956\nMrs. Heilman Dies at 76;\nor\n38 Years in Red Cross\nWarren Township-Privat fu-\nneral services will be held to\nmorrow for Mrs. Charlotte M.\nHeilman, 76, of King George Rd.,\nwhose 38-year Red Cross career\nbrought her honors in many parts\nof the world. Mrs. Heilman, who\nwas the prototype for a prominent\ncharacter in Ernest Hemingway's\nWorld War 1 novel \"A Farewell\nto Arms,\" died Wednesday eve-\nning in Somerset Hospital, Som-\nerville, where she had been a pa-\ntient for 11 days.\nAs a nurse in the Milan (Italy)\nRed Cross Hospital in 1918, Mrs\nHeilman attended the wounded\nAmerican writer. The germ of his\nnovel's plot took form in his mind\nthere and Mrs. Heilman later re-\ncalled that the character of Miss\nGage, a sympathetic nurse in the\nhospital where Lieutenant Henry\nwas treated, appeared to have\nMrs. Charlotte M. Heilman\nbeen based on her.\nMrs. Heilman, who had been\ning the Greek-Turkish war. She\nassociated with the Plainfield\nlater became a pioneer in infant\nArea Red Cross Chapter since her\nwelfare work in Greece and as-\nretirement from active Red Cross\nsisted in organizing the National\nduties in 1945, was honored at the\nSociety of Nurses of Greece, She\nchapter's annual meeting in Oc-\nand other members of her unit\ntober for her 38 years of service\nreceived medals from King\nto the American Red Cross. At\nGeorge II of Greece in the an-\nthat time the chapter board\ncient theater of Herodus Atticus\nnamed Mrs. Heilman honorary\nbefore returning to the United\nchairman of its nursing services,\nStates in December, 1923.\nand presented her a framed cita-\nAided in Santo Domingo\ntion for service from the chanter\n1 eff\n2"
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