She started here after graduation from nursing school in 1965 and began a lifelong journey to care for the most important part of the hospital, the patient. After a brief hiatus to work in a larger OR system in Columbus, Ohio - she returned to Twin City in 1988, and since that time, she has made a profound impact on the surgery department of this hospital. Training and growing the nursing services in the Same Day Surgery department in many unconventional methods - such as recruiting nurses in many different venues, one of them was interviewed at the hardware store. She has mentored and fostered many nurses and has always sought new opportunities to bring needed services to the Twin City area.

Her commitment to this hospital didn’t stop with nursing; she has always enjoyed the revelry of the hospital celebrations, whether it was a baby, a birthday, weddings, or even the celebrations of life after a co-worker's passing. It was noted that so many of the people who would have loved to be here today to celebrate this lifetime achievement have passed on - but such as life when you’re almost 80.