Florence Greey

Florence Greey, 101, a resident of the Shippensburg Health Care Center, died on the evening of Monday, November 19, 2012, at the Health Care Center.

She was born December 5, 1910, in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Edward A. and Charlotte Martin Greey, and grew up in Princeton, NJ.

Florence was a graduate of Princeton High School, Adelphia College, Glenside, PA, where she earned a Preschool Education Degree, and the Medical College of Richmond, where she earned an RN Degree.

From 1932 until 1940, Florence ran a nursery school in Princeton. Then from 1942 until 1977, Florence started her distinguished nursing career in Princeton and also, West Palm Beach, FL. In 2001, she moved to Shippensburg to live with her nephew, Elmer Greey and became a resident of the Health Care Center in 2008 until her death, two weeks before her 102 birthday.

Florence was the last of her immediate family, preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer B. and Edward A. Greey; two sisters, Charlotte Hunt and her identical twin, Gertrude Greey. She is survived by four nieces, three nephews, and twenty three grand nieces and nephews.

Her memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at the Shippensburg Health Care Center, 121 Walnut Bottom Rd., Shippensburg. Father David A Hillier will officiate. Interment in Flagler Memorial Park, Coral Gables, FL, will take place at a later date. The Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home, Inc., has been entrusted with her funeral arrangements.