The following alumni of St. Luke's, Presbyterian, Presbyterian-St. Luke's and Rush College of Nursing have recently passed away. Our deepest condolences to their family, friends and former classmates.
To send notice of the death of a friend or family member who was a proud alumnus/a, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@rush.edu, by phone at (312) 942-2569, or by mail at 1700 W. Van Buren St., Suite 250, Chicago, IL 60612.
St. Luke’s
MARIE CLAIRE WILLIAMSON NELSON, 1941, of Norridge, Ill.; Aug. 2, 2009
ELIZABETH WEEKS GRIFFITH, 1951, of St. Charles, Ill.; Oct. 17, 2009
JEAN PRESBREY, 1953, of Torrance, Calif.; 2009
CORRINNE A. RENTSCHLER, 1953, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Feb. 21, 2009
Presbyterian
ELLEN HOLMBOE KLAWUHN, 1941, of Franklin, Wis.; March 27, 2007
THERESA McCRAY LOOMIS, 1946, of Centralia, Ill.; July 11, 2009
ANNETTE BALL REYNOLDS, 1946, of Roseberg, Ore.; Dec. 9, 2009
MARY ANNE KIRKPATRICK OGILVIE, 1948, of Gurnee, Ill.; July 11, 2009
MARGARET M. WEST, 1956, of Des Plaines, Ill.; Jan. 4, 2010
BETTY HUDEC PROTHERO, 1959, of Clarendon Hills, Ill.; June 12, 2009
Presbyterian-St. Luke’s DIANE JUNE BONITZER, 1963, of Dundee, Ill.; Aug. 25, 2009
Rush
GLYEN F. LUNDWALL, CRNA 1972, of Tarpon Springs, Fla.; April 20, 2009
KARYN CHERMEL, MS 1980, of LaGrange, Ill.; Dec. 6, 2009
MARY PAT PAQUETTE, BS 1981, of Kerrville, Texas; Sept. 27, 2009
PAULA A. JOSEPH, BS 1994, of Chicago, Ill.; January 2010
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MARY SEVERINO MEYER, RUSH MS 1994, CERT. 2008, president of the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Nurses Alumni Association and member of the Rush Board of Trustees, died Jan. 20, 2010. She was 45. |
Meyer had served as clinical coordinator for medicine at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital since 2006. She previously worked at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where her titles included nurse educator in the Department of Nursing Development and clinical coordinator for the hospital’s Health Learning Center. She also served five years as a consultant for the Heartwatch Program and Employee Wellness for Central DuPage Hospital and one year as adjunct faculty at Elmhurst College’s Deicke Center for Nursing Education.
“Mary was such an extraordinary nurse. She was dedicated to leadership, as seen in her commitment to the alumni association, and to the continued education of nurses as patient advocates,” said MaryPat Mauro, senior director of development and alumni relations at Rush. “Mary had a particular talent for reaching out to nurses from all generations. She was able to inspire more established nurses with an enthusiasm for the future of nursing and to instill in Rush’s student nurses a profound respect for the privilege of nursing.”
Meyer is survived by her husband, James; her children, Ronald, Joseph and Gabrielle; parents, Dr. Ronald and Rosemary Severino; parents-in-law, Ronald and Marjorie Meyer; brothers, Dr. Michael (Angela) Severino, Nicholas (Laura) Severino, and Dr. Ronald (Dr. Elizabeth) Severino; sisters-in-law, Gerianne, Katie (Stephen) Giovannetti, and Elizabeth (Michael) Karounos; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Alumni relations staff, the Nurses Alumni Association board and College of Nursing leadership join all alumni in expressing our condolences to the family.
Former Faculty
DIANE CRONIN-STUBBS, PhD, RN, FAAN, of Newcastle, Wash., died July 28, 2009.
From 1984 to 2000, her roles with Rush University College of Nursing included graduate program coordinator, assistant chairperson, research coordinator, clinical nurse researcher, and research scientist. Her many honors included a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health, visiting fellowships at Harvard and Northwestern Universities, and induction into the American Academy of Nursing.
The Diane Cronin-Stubbs Nursing Scholarship has been established in her memory and will be managed by the leadership of the Golden Lamp Society. Gifts to the Cronin-Stubbs memorial may be made online using our secure Web site at www.rush.edu/giveonline, or contact Kathy Heise at (312) 942-7199 for more information.
