MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mildred Augusta Donahue "Millie" Todd, retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps captain and former resident of Rockland and Camden, died Aug. 21, 2016, in Memphis, Tenn. Millie was born Feb. 20, 1921, at the family home in McAdam, New Brunswick, Canada, the fifth of seven children of William Edward "Billy" Donahue and Mary Ellen "Nellie" Donnelly.

Her family affectionately called her "Moonie," a name given to her by her younger brother.

Both the Donahue (originally Donaghy) and Donnelly families emigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland, to New Brunswick in the 1820s, a generation before the Great Famine. They fled from religious and economic persecution because they were Catholics ruled by Anglo-Protestants. Millie's great-grandparents, grandparents, uncles and aunts farmed, and were known as hard workers and being exceptionally gifted with horses. Her father, Billy, was a blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway and her mother, Nellie, made a comfortable home for her husband and children, as well as numerous relatives who came to visit and stayed for years. Nellie, ever vigilant, insisted that all visitors leave their suitcases in the barn because of possible bedbugs.

After graduating from high school, Millie and her sister, Helen, ventured on the train across the border to Rockland, Maine, to enter Knox County General Hospital nursing school. Both earned their registered nursing degrees. Helen married George Prescott, a local Camden man, and Millie took the train to Boston and courageously enlisted in the U.S. Army Nursing Corps. In 1944 she was deployed to England, France and Germany in Gen. George Patton's Third Army. She nursed many wounded soldiers and spoke about the paratroopers as being particularly debilitated by what we now call post traumatic stress disorder.

She met her future husband, William Lee "Bill" Todd, sergeant in the Eighth Air Force, 337th Squadron, in London in 1945. They married on Aug. 2, 1945, and months later went to Edinburgh on their honeymoon. Both were discharged — after Millie received a promotion from lieutenant to captain — in December 1945 and returned to the U.S., where they made their home in St Louis and assisted in the family business, Todd Bakeries.

Millie took a hiatus from her nursing career to raise their eight children. She returned to nursing at Deaconess Hospital in 1978, retiring after Bill's death in 1984. She spent the next 25 years in Rockland and Camden, and reunited with her sister, Helen Prescott — they were inseparable. After Helen's death in 2010, Millie moved to Memphis in the devoted care of her daughter, Sandy.

Millie died peacefully and is survived by her children, Susan Todd of Seattle, Wash., Sandra (George Takaeda) Schroeder of Memphis, Tenn., Todd (Daintry) Todd of Watsonville, Calif., Gary (Jevon) Todd of Soquel, Calif., Alan (Renee) Todd of Wilmington, Dela., Joe (Pat) Todd of Highland, Ill., Mary (Max) Alves of St. Charles, Mo., and John (Melanie) Todd of Newcastle, Dela.; 15 grandchildren; and seven nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her siblings, Alice Noble, Doris Garnett, Evelyn Donahue, Helen Prescott, Laura Banks and Donald Donahue; and by her grandson, Gaelen Todd; and her niece, Sharon Rasytinis.

Millie will be remembered as being independent, lively, funny and always stylish. She is cherished by her family and friends for caring for those who were suffering and in pain, for her strong Catholic faith, and for her love of all things Irish, St. Louis Cardinal baseball, progressive politics, and card games and bingo.

Suggested memorials are to Fisher House Foundation, Semper Fi Fund and The Conservation Fund.

Millie's family would like to thank everyone whose inspiration and love enriched Millie's life. Thanks to Baptist Reynolds Hospice House for their professionalism and loving support.

There will be a graveside service on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 11 a.m. at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, preceded by Mass at 8 a.m. at Seven Holy Founders Catholic Church.

Arrangements are under the direction of Memphis Funeral Home.