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Photograph caption dated November 30, 1959 reads "Mrs. Edmund Mercier, standing, who has completed more than 600 hours of volunteer service for Pacoima Memorial Lutheran Hospital, received commendation for her public service from Ben L. O'Brien, left, hospital president; San Fernando Councilwoman Gladys E. Moosekian, and the Rev. John G. Simmons, San Fernando Valley Lutheran Hospital Association, Inc., president. Mrs. Mercier lives in Sylmar."
Simmons, John G.--1917-2013 Pacoima Memorial Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Women's Auxiliary San Fernando Valley Lutheran Hospital Association Clergy--California--Los Angeles Hospital administrators--California--Los Angeles City council members--California--Los Angeles Volunteers--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Lutheran Church--Clergy Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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