Rhea, Mabel, 1920-

Mabel Rhea was born in Farimont, West Virginia on April 6, 1920. She studied nursing, and enlisted as a U.S. Army nurse during World War II. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada after divorcing her first husband in 1949. She began working at the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. After meeting her second husband, the two moved to Blue Diamond Village, Nevada.

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Mabel Rhea oral history interview, 2001 April 09. OH-01558. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.