Mrs. Ivy Weant Krohn

Ivy Rebecca Weant Krohn, 107 went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Liberty Commons. “Miss Ivy” was born on January 31, 1908 in Rowan County. She was the daughter of the late Charles Augusta and Sarah Jane Winecoff Weant of Grubb Ferry Road, Salisbury. She was a 1928 graduate of Spencer High School,and graduated from Nursing School at the Old Salisbury Hospital before it became Rowan Memorial. She took post graduate courses at Woman’s and Children’s Hospitals in obstetrics and pediatrics in Detroit, Michigan. After finishing her higher education she went to work at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and met two of her lifelong friends, Erma Reynolds and Ida Armitage. They remained good friends until Ida and Erma passed away. After working in Detroit, Miss Ivy went to work at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She always said that “only the Lord could take her from a 45-bed hospital in Salisbury, NC all the way to the Mayo Clinic.” She also said it was so cold there that you had to wear ski pants into the basement of the hospital and change into your uniform in the dressing room. Working at the Mayo Clinic in the 1930’s, she met several officers from England who had been wounded in the battles with Germany and they told her that the US would be in the war soon, so she decided to enlist in the Army. The director of the Army Nurse Corp rejected her because she was too old at the age of 31. She did not want to go in the Navy because she could not swim but she applied and was accepted. She was the first North Carolinian to enlist in the US Navy Nurse Corp and the first to apply for Foreign Service. She serviced in the Navy for 7 years, 4 of which were in WWII. She met her husband at Camp Lejeune and was discharged a full Lieutenant. She also worked at Rowan Memorial Hospital in the nursery. “Miss Ivy was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church in Spencer where she was a Brownie Scout leader, Sunday school teacher for 5th graders in her 70’s and an active member of WELCA. She was preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers and 8 sisters, several nieces and nephews and her beloved husband, Benjamin F. Krohn. The American Flag on her casket was flown over the US Capitol on January 31,2008 in celebration of her 100th birthday. Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Sarah K. Presson and husband, Daryl, grandson Sam Krohn and wife Andrea, step-great grandson Tyler Reash and great granddaughter , Shelby. Along with many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great, great nieces and nephews. They give thanks for her life with them and her strong faith in Jesus Christ. The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 PM Tuesday (May 19) at the Summersett Funeral Home. Funeral service will be conducted 2 PM – Wednesday, (May 20) at Calvary Lutheran Church, 303 Fifth Street, Spencer, NC, with the Rev. Wayne Cobb, and Rev. Ralph Kraft officiating. Interment will follow at Rowan Memorial Park with Military Graveside Rites conducted by the National Guard and Rowan County Veterans Honor Guard. Memorials can be made to Calvary Lutheran Church, PO Box 23, Spencer, NC 28159

Mrs. Ivy Weant Krohn

January 31, 1908 - May 17, 2015