Lawrence High School

Nellie Lena Tortora “Nel”

Nellie Lena Tortora (“Nel”) is one of 512 graduates in the class of 1944 at Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts. The 1944 yearbook entry gives: came from Oliver; headed for Nursing; born in 1925.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 1 more named Tortora

Full name: Nellie Lena Tortora
Known as: Nel
Born: August 13, 1925
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: Nurses Preparatory
Came from: Oliver
Headed for: Nursing

Also searched as: Nel Tortora; Nellie Tortora; Nellie L. Tortora; Tortora, Nellie.

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Classmates 511
Same schools 143

In context

Of the 512 entries from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 read for this site, Nellie's is 478th alphabetically. Find Nellie on page 111 of the scan; the people on this site from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 are spread over pages 12 to 119. Nursing was the plan of 45 of the 350 classmates who printed one (13%), and Nellie is listed with “Nursing”. Counting Nellie, 74 people in the class are listed as coming from Oliver. Count the first names and the class of 1944 gives John (22), Joseph (15) and Mary (14), where the class of 1945 gives John (17) and Robert (13).

On the same scan page	Thelma Todd, Florence Antoinette Trigilio, Bertha Estelle Trumbull, Anna Sophie Turkosz
Same earlier school	Oliver: 73 other classmates
Same kind of plan	nursing: 45 of 350 classmates with a plan (13%)
Same course	Nurses Preparatory: 55 of 496 classmates with a course (11%)
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What the yearbook said

“When duty whispers low, “Thou must”, the youth replies, “I can”.”

The class of 1944

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Also came from Oliver

Also headed for Nursing

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 111. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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