Des Moines in the Services
Dessie Brady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brady, Route 5, left Tuesday for Hunter college, New York City, for her training in the WAVES.
Alna Suddeth and Doris Williams, both of Des Moines, left for Hunter college also.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, March 10, 1944
Des Moines in the Services
Alna I. Suddeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Suddeth, 3646 Vandalia road, to the navy department, Washington, D.C.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, April 28, 1944
Alna Irene Suddeth Meacham was born Jan. 23, 1921 to Eugene and Mary E. Miller Suddeth. She died Oct. 20, 2011 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.
Petty Officer Suddeth served with the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was married to Glenn LaVerne Meacham.
Source: ancestry.com