Minnesota Nursing Magazine Spring/Summer 2012 - School of ...

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In Memory
1932
Fern Thompson Swedenburg (BSN) of
Glenwood, Minnesota passed away at the
age 100 years on January 4, 2012.
1936
Genevieve Dahl (BSN) of Boise, Idaho passed
away peacefully at home on January 28, 2012.
She was 96 years old.
1943
Ruth Marie (Grove) Roth (BSN) of St. Paul,
Minnesota passed away on March 25, 2012.
She was 91 years old.
1951
Elizabeth E. Frigstad (BSN) formerly of
White Bear Lake, Minnesota passed away on
December 17, 2011 surrounded by her loving
caretakers at Lighthouse of Superior. She
was 82. She valued education, the friends
she made in college and loved her work as a
school nurse for the Forest Lake schools for
22 years.
1953
Joan Ludwig Workum (BSN) of Loveland,
Ohio, passed away on July 25, 2011.
1957
Shirley Mae Veith, (BSN) of Red Wing,
Minnesota died on Saturday, December 3,
2011 at the age of 82.
1960
Sharon A. Birk (BSN) of Canby, Minnesota,
passed away from Parkinson’s Disease on
September 14, 2011.
1979
Karen Marie Tuneberg (BSN) of Brooklyn
Center, Minnesota passed away peacefully on
November 29, 2011. She was 65.
1998
Christie Ann (Hageman) Sandstad (MS) of
Minneapolis, Minnesota passed away from
ovarian cancer on August 26, 2011. She was
as an RN and APRN in psychiatry and was
widely respected in the mental health field.
She spent most of her 42-year long career
caring for homeless adults and children.
we also remember…
Alyce E. Bowes of De Smet, South Dakota
died on December 3, 2011. She was 91.
After completing her nurses’ training, she
volunteered for the Nurses Army Corps and
served in the 3rd Army in the European
Theater of World War II. She will be best
remembered for giving gifts to children in
need of repair to their cleft palates and for
giving hope to families in disadvantaged
counties by purchasing a goat each year.
Donna Roering of St. Cloud, Minnesota,
passed away on December 12, 2011 at the age
of 73. A nurse anesthetist for more than 30
years at St. Cloud Surgical Center, she was
widely recognized as a consummate health
care professional. Although she did not
graduate from the U of M School of Nursing,
she contributed to support the school’s
programs and students.
Dorothy Geis’ BSN ‘56, son David passed
away on February 16, 2012 in Lamberton,
Minnesota, of a brain tumor at age 45. David
was an amazing person with a clear sense
of purpose who was privileged to live life in
accordance with that purpose. He supported
the responsible use of land, native plants and
wildlife. He was honored by the 4H unit in
Forest Lake, by Pheasants Forever, and named
the Redwood Falls Gazette’s “Man of the
Year” in 2011.
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