Eva Margaret McDonald

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Eva Margaret McDonald nee Cullis was born on June 22, 1922 the fourth child of James Patrick and Ada Jane Cullis nee Williams of Tocumwal New South Wales.

Eva left Tocumwal during the war years to train as a nurse in Melbourne. She passed her exams with credit and graduated as a Registered Nurse on November 26, 1946.

On September 6, 1947 she married Evan Douglas McDonald and moved to the family farm at Beveridge Victoria. In 1951 she gave birth to a daughter, Susan.

Widowed in October, 1957 she moved with her 6 year old daughter to Melbourne and resumed her nursing career. Eva worked at various hospitals, attaining the position of Director of Nursing at Mayday Hills Hospital, Beechworth where she remained until her retirement.

Eva then moved to Albury where she lived for many years. Due to ill health she then relocated to Queensland to be near her daughter.

Eva passed away four years later aged 83. Her three siblings predeceased her and she is survived by her daughter and two grand children.

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• Bobbie and Don Hayes on 29/8/07
  

  Dear Susan,
  
  My daughter Alexis alerted me to this wonderful tribute to your mother.
  
  I was delighted to see the photos of her at her graduation and especially her wedding photos. The photo of her with the Governor Sir Rohan Delacombe and Lady Delacombe were taken out the front of the hospital it ...
  View Full Memory was the celebration of the hospital turning 100 years old, I remember it well.
  
  I have just turned 83 years old myself and as I worked with Eve I thought I might Like to share a funny story with you. We had to go to Wangaratta on hospital business and after completing the business and on our way back to Beechworth we decided to call in and say hello to Mary & Peter Nolan who owned the Tarrawingee Hotel.
  
  We probably stayed a little too long because by the time we left it was dark and the weather had turned very nasty.
  
  As you know the road is very winding and all of a sudden the headlights on the car just went out. We had to virtually crawl all the way back to Beechworth and it seemed to take forever. We finally arrived back and stopped in the Main Street, I don't really remember why we stopped, but I remember that Eve got out of the car for some reason and started to laugh hysterically - she said hey Bobbie the headlights aren't broken they're just covered in mud!
  
  We laughed about that one for many years.
  
  I think this tribute is a wonderful idea and I have enjoyed sharing this story with you
  
  Kind Regards,
  Bobbie and Don Hayes
• Benjamin Nicoll on 13/8/07
  
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  Hi mum,
  
  I was going through some old files and found some newspaper clippings of grandma, thought you might like them.
  
  Love Ben.

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