Irene Hockenberry Upton (1891 – 1977) – Upton was born in Piqua and graduated from Piqua High School with the Class of 1911. In 1914, she graduated from the Piqua Hospital Nursing School as a registered nurse. Upton worked in Brooklyn, New York and in New Jersey before joining the United States Army in 1917. She served as a nurse until 1920 stationed at Walter Reed Hospital. Returning to Piqua Upton became the city’s public health nurse from 1921 through 1930. She was the first female member of the local American Legion. In 1938 she married Charles B. Upton.
