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'''Ann Coyle''' was a nurse at the [[New York State Hospital at Ray Brook|New York State Hospital in Ray Brook]]. She served in the Army Nurse Corps in WWI, and then worked for the VA, eventually ending up at [[Sunmount Veterans Administration Hospital|Sunmount]] in Tupper Lake until 1941. She had a camp on Little Wolf Lake, and was found dead there in July 1944. She had gone to camp on July 2, was last seen on the 6th, and her body was found around the 13th. No evidence of injury was found. | '''Ann Coyle''' was a [[Nurses|nurse]] at the [[New York State Hospital at Ray Brook|New York State Hospital in Ray Brook]]. She served in the Army Nurse Corps in WWI, and then worked for the VA, eventually ending up at [[Sunmount Veterans Administration Hospital|Sunmount]] in Tupper Lake until 1941. She had a camp on Little Wolf Lake, and was found dead there in July 1944. She had gone to camp on July 2, was last seen on the 6th, and her body was found around the 13th. No evidence of injury was found. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 21 September 2026
Born: March 9, 1885
Died: July 1944
Ann Coyle was a nurse at the New York State Hospital in Ray Brook. She served in the Army Nurse Corps in WWI, and then worked for the VA, eventually ending up at Sunmount in Tupper Lake until 1941. She had a camp on Little Wolf Lake, and was found dead there in July 1944. She had gone to camp on July 2, was last seen on the 6th, and her body was found around the 13th. No evidence of injury was found.
Unidentified Publication, c. July 20, 1944
Body of Ray Brook Nurse Discovered in Tupper Lake Camp
TUPPER LAKE, July 15--The body of Miss Ann Coyle, 59, a member of the nursing staff at the New York State hospital at Ray Brook, was discovered Thursday morning at her camp on Little Wolf lake following an investigation into her disappearance.
The body was discovered at 9 o'clock by Walter Kiklevich of Faust, owner of a neighboring camp. Mr. Kiklevich was asked to go the camp after inquiries had been received from Ray Brook as to her disappearance.
He notified Chief J. Edward Timmons and members of the state police who found the body balanced against the kitchen sink, leaning and supported by her arms in a slumped position at the camp.
Miss Coyle left Ray Brook July 2 planning to spend a day at her camp. She was last seen at the camp July 6 and had not been heard from since. Ray Brook officials became uneasy and asked for a search of the camp.
An autopsy was performed yesterday at the DeShaw funeral home by Dr. John Miale of Ray Brook assisted by Anthony Delehant, pathologist of Saranac Lake. The report signed by Dr. E. C. Wagner, county coroner, indicated that no evidence of wound or injury was found.
Owing to the condition of the body no cause of death could yet be determined. Death had occurred approximately a week ago. The body was sent last night to Wilkes Barre, Pa., for internment at St. Mary's cemetery.
Miss Coyle was born at Wilkes Barre on March 9, 1885. She was the daughter of Owen and Mary Kennedy Coyle and she served in the Army Nurse corps during the first World War in 1918-1919.
She entered the veterans administration service in 1922. In 1938 she was transferred from Northport, L. I., to the Sunmount facility at Tupper Lake where she served as chief nurse until 1941. Miss Coyle left the administration service to accept a nursing position at Ray Brook.