Constance Doreen Healy, 90 of Hollywood, MD died on 27 August 2014 at the St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia on 22 June 1924, she was the daughter of the late Aubrey Stewart Lincoln Semmens and Hazel Lucy May (Clark) Semmens. She grew up in the city of Perth. During World War II, she met United States submariner, Wilson Pershing Healy of Missouri, stationed in Perth, and they were married in 1943. One of 12,000 war brides from Australia, she began her journey to America with two babies in 1946 along with 1200 other brides on an aging steam train that crossed Australia in six days. Despite the heat, they were unable to open the windows due to soot from the engine. Reaching Sydney, they boarded a ship for the long voyage to the USA that sailor’s called “The Diaper Run”. To be with his family more regularly, Healy transferred from the Navy to the Air Force and they lived on bases around the United States, ending in Dover, Delaware. Constance was proud to become a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1953. She was a homemaker, loved reading, tennis, swimming and was a champion bowler. […]
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