Vada Delaine (Gochenour) Alexander
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Title
Vada Delaine (Gochenour) Alexander
Subject
Alexander, Vada Delaine Gochenour (1927-2016)
Nurses - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander standing in her nurses uniform and wearing a cape with the letters "RMH" and the number, "47" on the collar.
Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia (Stultz) Gochenour.
Vada graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital (RMH) School of Nursing, probably in 1947, and lived in Harrisonburg until 2005, when she moved to Bridgewater.
In 1948, Vada married Joseph Alfred Alexander. The couple raised two children together: Joseph Philip Alexander and Dorethia "Dea" (Alexander) Baldwin.
After raising her family, she worked for 13 years as an industrial nurse for Dunham Bush.
She was the founder of the Harrisonburg - Rockingham Parkinson Support Group, and was known by both residents and staff throughout the Bridgewater Retirement Community as the "Plant Lady" because she nurtured and watered all the potted plants.
Vada was from Woodstock, the twin sister of Vera Gochenour. Her parents were Ben and Georgia (Stultz) Gochenour.
Vada graduated from the Rockingham Memorial Hospital (RMH) School of Nursing, probably in 1947, and lived in Harrisonburg until 2005, when she moved to Bridgewater.
In 1948, Vada married Joseph Alfred Alexander. The couple raised two children together: Joseph Philip Alexander and Dorethia "Dea" (Alexander) Baldwin.
After raising her family, she worked for 13 years as an industrial nurse for Dunham Bush.
She was the founder of the Harrisonburg - Rockingham Parkinson Support Group, and was known by both residents and staff throughout the Bridgewater Retirement Community as the "Plant Lady" because she nurtured and watered all the potted plants.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1946".
Contributor
Identified in 2013 by Danny Hottel.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records and her obituary on the Find-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Vada D. (Gochenour) Alexander appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001373, 001365, 025325, 025830.
Identifier
025325
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Vada Delaine (Gochenour) Alexander,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54986.
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