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Spring 2009<br />
A publication of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Values</strong><br />
tewardship<br />
<strong>We</strong> <strong>Hold</strong>
What Does Stewardship Mean to<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation?<br />
Respect for the wishes and intentions of our benefactors. Responsibility for the<br />
intelligent management of their charitable gifts. Achieving, recognizing, and<br />
communicating results with clarity and transparency. Steadfast attention to<br />
the personal relationships that are at the heart of everything we do.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se values and priorities, just like the Foundation’s overall mission, are not<br />
changed or affected by the present economic downturn. More than ever, we<br />
are seeing how philanthropy is a way for communities to pull together, and for<br />
people to discover unexpected strength by showing kindness and generosity to<br />
others who need help.<br />
In this issue of Pathfinders, we focus on the community outreach role of<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation by highlighting a few of the many<br />
funds that help fuel a vital charitable engine in the regions we serve. It is<br />
a role that becomes even more critical in times like these, when a faltering<br />
economy affects peace of mind as much as incomes. <strong>We</strong> must never lose sight<br />
of the fact that now, more than ever, good stewardship is a powerful force for<br />
making positive change in the lives of others.<br />
Pathfinders is published by <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Medical Foundation for friends<br />
and supporters of the Foundation. <strong>We</strong><br />
welcome comments or suggestions from<br />
our readers for future stories.<br />
Editor<br />
Jill Blokhuis<br />
Associate Director of Development<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation<br />
Photography<br />
Brooke Doval, John Kerrigan,<br />
Marsha Ledman, John Sake,<br />
and Jim Tritch<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Media<br />
Copywriting<br />
Leslie <strong>We</strong>gener<br />
Juniper Hill Partners<br />
Design<br />
Vendi Advertising<br />
To learn more about the Foundation’s<br />
medical education, research, and<br />
community health outreach programs, or<br />
to inquire about making a charitable gift,<br />
please visit us at www.gundluth.org/<br />
foundation or call the Foundation office at<br />
(608) 775-6600.<br />
©2009 <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation<br />
In this issue:<br />
Chairman’s Message 3<br />
A conversation with Dr. Mark Connelly<br />
Foundation Funds at Work 5<br />
A brief introduction<br />
Featured Funds 6<br />
How your gifts make a difference in patients’ lives<br />
Development Update 14<br />
<strong>The</strong> asset of experience<br />
Expressions of Caring 16<br />
Recognition of commemorative and memorial gifts<br />
Make a Difference — Make a Gift 28<br />
Heritage Society unites donors in inspired giving<br />
Happenings 30<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation at work<br />
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Board of Directors<br />
Mary B. Burrichter<br />
Mark V. Connelly, MD, Chairman<br />
Donald F. Frank<br />
C. Daniel Gelatt, PhD<br />
Robert N. Golden, MD<br />
Joe Gow, PhD<br />
A. Erik <strong>Gundersen</strong>, MD, Vice Chairman<br />
Sigurd B. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, III, MD<br />
Kent C. Handel<br />
Herbert M. Heili, Treasurer<br />
Pauline M. Jackson, MD<br />
George H. Kerckhove<br />
<strong>We</strong>ndy K. Lommen<br />
Todd A. Mahr, MD<br />
Ernest S. Micek<br />
Edwin M. Overholt, MD<br />
Pamela J. Padesky, RN, Secretary<br />
John B. Reinhart<br />
Barbara A. Skogen<br />
Governor Tommy G. Thompson<br />
Lisa K. Warsinske<br />
Donald J. <strong>We</strong>ber<br />
Stephen B. <strong>We</strong>bster, MD<br />
Mary Jo <strong>We</strong>rner<br />
John R. <strong>We</strong>ttstein<br />
Our Mission<br />
Focused on medical education, clinically<br />
based research, and community health<br />
outreach, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation is dedicated to advancing<br />
quality healthcare.
Community<br />
On Stewardship,<br />
Gratitude and<br />
Human Kindness »<br />
Pictured at right: Dr. Mark Connelly visits Foundation<br />
benefactors Ann and Bill Barney.<br />
As families, businesses and<br />
charitable organizations<br />
brace themselves for the next<br />
wave of economic challenges<br />
in 2009, philanthropy is taking<br />
on a whole new dimension in<br />
the communities served by<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran. Giving is<br />
becoming more personal than<br />
ever before, with many people<br />
choosing to invest their resources<br />
close to home where results are<br />
most needed, and most visible.<br />
In this issue of Pathfinders,<br />
Mark V. Connelly, MD, Chairman<br />
of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation, reflects on the<br />
current economy and how it<br />
is inspiring a greater sense of<br />
purpose and thoughtful decisionmaking<br />
at every level.<br />
Many charitable organizations are<br />
feeling vulnerable in this faltering<br />
economy. How is <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation positioning itself<br />
for the year ahead?<br />
<strong>We</strong> are grateful that 2008 turned<br />
out to be a wonderful year for us,<br />
in that we met or exceeded our<br />
fundraising goals in almost all areas.<br />
I think that speaks to the commitment<br />
and confidence of our donors, the<br />
dedication of our development team<br />
and the stewardship we maintain.<br />
More than anything, it speaks to<br />
the wonderful care provided by our<br />
physicians, nurses and supportive staff.<br />
Because that is what it is all about:<br />
If you take care of people well, then<br />
they and their families are going to be<br />
grateful and supportive. It always boils<br />
down to good patient care.<br />
How do you respond to concerns that<br />
charitable giving may be seen as<br />
optional when business and household<br />
budgets are tight?<br />
<strong>We</strong>ll, we don’t actually know what<br />
is going to happen in 2009. People<br />
in this area have been phenomenal<br />
over the years in supporting us and<br />
honoring that commitment. Our<br />
donors understand how much our<br />
Foundation relies on them—for us<br />
there is no financial safety net from<br />
a parent organization or sponsoring<br />
partner. <strong>We</strong> have become an<br />
amazing medical center because of<br />
generous, kind-hearted benefactors,<br />
and because of the dedicated<br />
professionals who provide the best in<br />
patient care. While we are cautious<br />
with our expectations for the coming<br />
year, we have every reason to hope<br />
for the best.<br />
Why does prudent stewardship<br />
become even more important is this<br />
challenging economic climate?<br />
None of us has the ability to go to<br />
the Treasury and print more money.<br />
When times are tight, each charitable<br />
dollar is more precious than ever and<br />
we have an obligation to our donors<br />
to manage their gifts intelligently,<br />
just as we always have. <strong>We</strong> expect<br />
donors will continue to be very<br />
careful in their giving, and perhaps<br />
more strategic by designating their<br />
gifts for specific purposes. Under the<br />
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Pictured above, L – R: Expressing appreciation to business supporter Mark Kamrath, from Culver’s of Viroqua, with Jean Sterling,<br />
Children’s Miracle Network; entertaining at the Foundation’s 2008 Heritage Celebration; participating in the Steppin’ Out in<br />
Pink walk to support breast cancer research, with wife Jeanne, senior director of development Robyn Tanke, Sandra Romagnoli-<br />
Thompson and Dr. Jeff Thompson, CEO of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
current circumstances, it’s important<br />
to be able to offer more choices for<br />
specific gifts in areas where there is<br />
need. For instance, we have plans for<br />
hospital expansion and renovation.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re may be someone who wants<br />
to give us a very nice donation, but<br />
their priority is not building rooms.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’d rather support a program for<br />
the care of children. You need to<br />
have a program umbrella big enough<br />
to allow that to occur.<br />
From your leadership perspective,<br />
what are the biggest challenges of<br />
guiding the Foundation through such<br />
uncertain times?<br />
<strong>We</strong>’ve been blessed these last ten<br />
years. <strong>We</strong>’ve never had to make cuts.<br />
But like everyone else, we have to<br />
look at tightening our belt. Everybody<br />
knows that times are tight, and we<br />
may not be able to do some things.<br />
Our Foundation has three<br />
priorities: medical education, then<br />
research, then community outreach<br />
and involvement. Since I’ve been<br />
here—going back over 30 years<br />
now—medical education has always<br />
been the top priority. It’s absolutely<br />
necessary if you want to be a firstclass<br />
organization that’s able to attract<br />
top notch nurses and doctors to a<br />
small community.<br />
Research is also flourishing;<br />
the Foundation has strategically<br />
increased our staff of research<br />
scientists and our facilities. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
are big steps for our organization,<br />
and something our community has<br />
come to expect. As far as community<br />
outreach, the support from our<br />
donors has made us a treasure for the<br />
communities and regions we serve.<br />
Hopefully, we won’t have to make<br />
cuts in any of those areas. But time<br />
will tell. <strong>The</strong> current circumstances<br />
really require us to be farsighted and<br />
focus on those same values that have<br />
served <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran so well<br />
for over a century.<br />
Is it an advantage to be able to talk to<br />
donors about the Foundation’s clear<br />
mission-driven strategy?<br />
Absolutely. As they are facing<br />
tough financial decisions, it absolutely<br />
helps to be able to reassure<br />
our donors that we will continue<br />
to train the doctors, the nurses and<br />
other medical professionals for the<br />
next generation. <strong>We</strong> will expand the<br />
number of doctors and nurses we<br />
train in an effort to meet the needs of<br />
our region and our country. <strong>We</strong> will<br />
share our expertise with our students<br />
and we will prepare them to practice<br />
not only at other medical centers<br />
but in the small towns of the Upper<br />
Midwest. After all, it has been this<br />
way at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran for years.<br />
Even in times of uncertainty,<br />
we know our communities have an<br />
astonishing capacity to lend a hand<br />
and come together in support of the<br />
causes they care about. With their<br />
generous help, we’ll weather this<br />
storm together.<br />
To learn more about the wide variety<br />
of working funds supported by<br />
Foundation donors, see related story<br />
on next page. Turn to page 30–31 for<br />
news about the Foundation’s medical<br />
education and research programs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> development team mentioned<br />
by Dr. Connelly is profiled on page<br />
14. How can you help? Making a<br />
gift to <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation is as easy as using the<br />
enclosed envelope, or visiting<br />
www.gundluth.org/foundation.<br />
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Foundation Funds at Work<br />
A Brief Introduction to Restricted Funds<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation donors are able to make<br />
gifts in support of a wide variety<br />
of charitable purposes. Donations<br />
for restricted (specific) purposes<br />
are kept in separate funds based<br />
on the donor’s designated wishes.<br />
In a changing world, restricted<br />
funds provide a stream of income to<br />
safeguard the programs and services<br />
that matter most to our donors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Foundation has more than 100<br />
restricted funds; the fund sampler<br />
and feature articles in this issue of<br />
Pathfinders highlight just a few.<br />
<strong>We</strong> are not immune from Wall<br />
Street’s woes. <strong>The</strong> downturn in<br />
financial markets has caused<br />
great challenges for foundations<br />
across the country, and <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Medical Foundation will<br />
face funding challenges as well.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lack of earnings from our<br />
endowments will severely limit<br />
what we will be able to support from<br />
these traditional sources. This year,<br />
philanthropy will play a vital role in<br />
sustaining our mission of medical<br />
education, research and community<br />
health outreach. Donors seeking<br />
philanthropic opportunities that<br />
fundamentally change individual lives<br />
and impact society as a whole can<br />
be assured that <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation does both.<br />
A Sampler of Funds and Purposes<br />
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Program Fund<br />
Many researchers believe this new concept—a pacemaker for the brain—<br />
may well mark the beginning of a revolution in psychiatric and neurological<br />
treatment. Established in 2007, funds are used primarily in support of<br />
educational and research initiatives of the <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Deep Brain<br />
Stimulation (DBS) Program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Green Fund<br />
Provides an avenue for people concerned about the environment to<br />
contribute to <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran initiatives and programs that create energy<br />
efficiencies, reduce solid waste, promote recycling and promote the use and<br />
conservation of natural resources.<br />
Global <strong>Health</strong> Initiatives Fund<br />
Life and health are the most basic human rights, yet disparities between<br />
and within countries continue to grow and threaten both political security<br />
and global stability. This special fund supports our employees’ voluntary<br />
efforts to make a difference worldwide through the purchase of medications,<br />
medical supplies and equipment.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Heart Institute Fund<br />
For more than 40 years, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Heart Institute has provided<br />
exceptional heart care for patients of all ages. Contributors know that<br />
hospitals are not all the same when it comes to heart care; their gifts help<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran earn national recognition for superior quality, care and<br />
results.<br />
Hospice Fund<br />
Gifts to this fund have enabled hospice caregivers to re-energize at healing<br />
retreats and learn about end-of-life diseases during educational programs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hospice Fund reaches out to help families as well, through remembrance<br />
dinners, support groups, a quarterly newsletter, and other resources.<br />
Oncology Fund<br />
Gifts to the Oncology Fund support education, research and cardiac program<br />
needs of the <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders. Our<br />
patients have access to investigational treatments available at major medical<br />
centers throughout the country. Last year, more than 165 of the most promising<br />
clinical trial protocols were offered here.<br />
St. Clare <strong>Health</strong> Mission Fund<br />
<strong>The</strong> St. Clare <strong>Health</strong> Mission provides free primary medical care for the<br />
poor in our area who do not qualify for government-sponsored health care<br />
plans and who cannot afford private health insurance. <strong>The</strong> Mission serves<br />
the “working poor” as well as unemployed and homeless people in need of<br />
medical attention.<br />
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Thunder Ride for Pediatric Diabetes Fund<br />
Eight year old Lydia Stalsberg visits<br />
with pediatric endocrinologist<br />
Dr. Jennifer McVean during a regular<br />
checkup. Lydia was diagnosed with<br />
type 1 diabetes last year, and is<br />
learning to manage the daily care<br />
her disease demands.<br />
Helping<br />
Families with<br />
the Ongoing<br />
Cost of Disease<br />
Management<br />
Although pediatric endocrinologist<br />
Jennifer McVean, MD, has<br />
only been practicing at <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran since the fall of 2008,<br />
she is already very grateful for the<br />
pediatric diabetes grant monies<br />
made available to patients through<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation.<br />
“Diabetes is expensive,” says<br />
Dr. McVean. “To be able to offer<br />
families some assistance is extremely<br />
helpful.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Foundation’s Thunder Ride<br />
for Pediatric Diabetes Fund was<br />
activated last spring to help families<br />
cope with the costs associated with<br />
treatment of childhood diabetes.<br />
According to Dr. McVean, type 1<br />
diabetes (an autoimmune disease<br />
affecting production of insulin by<br />
the pancreas) occurs in up to 1 in<br />
300 children, making it the second<br />
most common chronic disease of<br />
childhood after asthma. She currently<br />
treats about 120 pediatric patients<br />
with diabetes, the vast majority of<br />
who have the type 1 variety. Type<br />
2 diabetes (where the pancreas still<br />
produces insulin, but the body is<br />
unable to use it effectively) used to<br />
develop exclusively in adults, but is<br />
now appearing much earlier—as early<br />
as adolescence—due to the childhood<br />
obesity epidemic.<br />
Children with type 1 diabetes are<br />
insulin-dependent, requiring either<br />
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multiple (four to six) daily injections or continuous insulin infusion<br />
under the skin via an insulin pump. <strong>The</strong> insulin pump offers<br />
the advantage of being the closest means of replicating the action<br />
of a healthy pancreas, but it is also a costly treatment option.<br />
This is where the Foundation’s Thunder Ride fund has made<br />
such a difference to families in the Tri-state Region.<br />
<strong>The</strong> upfront cost of an insulin pump can be anywhere<br />
from $6,000 to $8,000, with most insurances covering only<br />
80 percent. <strong>The</strong> ongoing cost of treatment is also substantial.<br />
Consider the impact of these regular expenses on a typical<br />
family budget:<br />
» test strips (normally 4-6 per day) for monitoring<br />
blood sugar levels;<br />
» insulin (1-4 vials per month, depending on age);<br />
» insulin pump supplies, syringes and lancets;<br />
» transportation and lost work costs for parents to bring their<br />
children for a doctor’s visit every three months.<br />
This is what a family can anticipate if everything is going<br />
well. More frequent doctor visits, or hospitalizations, can also<br />
occur with diabetic patients. As Dr. McVean notes, “<strong>The</strong> costs<br />
of caring for a child with diabetes are very real. It’s a lot of<br />
money, and it is never going to go away. It’s a scary thing for<br />
people who are coming in, who have lost their jobs, and don’t<br />
know how they are going to afford the care their child needs.”<br />
Mary Eggen, CSW, MEd, is the social worker to whom<br />
Dr. McVean refers her patients for financial assistance. Eggen has<br />
coordinated Thunder Ride grants to cover the cost of co-payments<br />
on insulin pumps, for diabetic supplies not covered by insurance,<br />
and also transportation costs since many patients must travel<br />
from several hours away to receive their care. As Eggen observes,<br />
“<strong>We</strong>’re very independent people in the Midwest, so it’s hard for<br />
people to ask for help. <strong>The</strong>y don’t even think about it. Being able<br />
to offer parents something like this is the best part of my job.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are so touched, they get tears in their eyes.”<br />
Given the current economy, it’s not surprising that grant<br />
requests are on the upswing. In January of 2008, Mary Eggen<br />
made 10 grants; that number doubled to 20 grants made in January<br />
2009 alone. “It makes me nervous,” admits Dr. McVean. “Having<br />
this funding is crucial. This economy has affected everybody, so<br />
will we be able to raise as much money as we have in the past? I<br />
hope so!”<br />
Major support for this fund comes from Thunder Ride, a<br />
100-mile motorcycle road rally whose organizers, John Haverty<br />
and La Crosse Area Harley-Davidson, raised $37,900 for<br />
the Foundation in the past year. To learn more about future<br />
fundraising events or to make a gift, call (608) 775-6600, use the<br />
enclosed gift envelope, or visit www.gundluth.org/foundation.<br />
Do YOU Know?<br />
According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research<br />
Foundation International, approximately<br />
30,000 Americans are diagnosed with type 1<br />
diabetes each year; over 15,000 are children.<br />
That’s 35 children each and every day,<br />
approximately one child per hour.<br />
Education about the symptoms of type 1<br />
diabetes is critical because type 1 can easily<br />
be mistaken for more common illnesses, such<br />
as the flu. Knowing the warning signs for<br />
type 1 diabetes could save a life. Call your<br />
doctor immediately if you or someone you love<br />
exhibits one or more of these symptoms, which<br />
may occur suddenly.<br />
» Extreme thirst<br />
» Frequent urination<br />
» Sudden vision changes<br />
» Sugar in urine<br />
» Fruity, sweet, or wine-like odor on breath<br />
» Increased appetite<br />
» Sudden weight loss<br />
» Drowsiness, lethargy<br />
» Heavy, labored breathing<br />
» Stupor, unconsciousness<br />
Life with type 1 diabetes poses challenges<br />
for every member of the family. It is a difficult<br />
disease to manage and it can take time to<br />
adapt to the day-to-day demands. However,<br />
treatment products and technologies are<br />
getting better all the time. <strong>The</strong> key to good<br />
diabetes control is a careful balance between<br />
food, exercise, and insulin. To learn more,<br />
talk to your physician or visit these online<br />
resources:<br />
» <strong>The</strong> Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation<br />
International, www.jdrf.org<br />
» National Center for Chronic Disease<br />
Prevention and <strong>Health</strong> Promotion,<br />
www.cdc.gov/diabetes<br />
» <strong>The</strong> American Diabetes Association,<br />
www.diabetes.org<br />
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Paula’s Purse Fund<br />
Helping<br />
Cancer<br />
Patients<br />
When <strong>The</strong>y<br />
Need it Most<br />
Scott Sullivan is fighting for his life and<br />
his future after cancer. He and his family<br />
are grateful for the assistance provided<br />
by Paula’s Purse, which they call “a<br />
testimony to all that is right and good<br />
with this world and our community.”<br />
Scott Sullivan received his cancer<br />
diagnosis on September 11, 2008.<br />
Just one week later, he began aggressive<br />
chemotherapy treatments for<br />
his Stage IV Hodgkin’s lymphoma.<br />
A college student working toward a<br />
degree in human resource management,<br />
Sullivan withdrew from school<br />
for the fall semester to focus on his<br />
grueling treatment regimen. “Being<br />
a student with no job, no income,<br />
was going to make it hard to afford<br />
getting back and forth to my medical<br />
appointments,” says Sullivan, 33, of<br />
La Crosse. “Without the funding I<br />
received from Paula’s Purse, I probably<br />
would have had to walk to<br />
chemotherapy, instead of driving.”<br />
Providing financial assistance to<br />
patients battling all types of cancer<br />
is the reason the Paula’s Purse cancer<br />
care fund was created. A collaboration<br />
between <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation, the Center for<br />
Cancer & Blood Disorders, and the<br />
Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast<br />
Care, the fund is specifically targeted<br />
to help patients who are struggling<br />
to pay for basic necessities like<br />
groceries, utilities, transportation and<br />
housing. Eliminating even one source<br />
of worry can make an enormous<br />
difference to patients and families<br />
who are going through treatment<br />
for cancer. In 2008, Paula’s Purse<br />
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provided $15,000 in funding for those<br />
who needed it most when their lives<br />
were upended by cancer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fund was created as a tribute<br />
to Paula Tower, a <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran mammography technologist<br />
who lost her own battle with cancer in<br />
2007, at the age of 39. “Her courage<br />
and attitude were just amazing,”<br />
recalls Paula’s friend Kathy Wieser,<br />
who was among the first donors to<br />
contribute to the Paula’s Purse fund.<br />
“<strong>We</strong> thought this was a touching way<br />
to pay tribute to her, by keeping funds<br />
here locally to help people who could<br />
use the extra help at a really difficult<br />
time in their life.” <strong>The</strong> Wieser<br />
family (Kathy and husband Brian,<br />
Brian’s brother Jeff and wife Andrea)<br />
supported this cause even further<br />
through their business sponsorship<br />
of “Pennies from Heaven: Seasons<br />
of Love,” a major fundraiser (see<br />
sidebar) held in February to benefit<br />
Paula’s Purse.<br />
<strong>The</strong> example set by one courageous<br />
life continues to touch each cancer<br />
patient who benefits from Paula’s<br />
legacy. As Scott Sullivan resumed<br />
his college studies in January, and<br />
prepared for his final chemotherapy<br />
treatment in late February, he<br />
reflected on this “amazing fund” and<br />
how he could possibly say thank you<br />
to all the people who support it, and<br />
Paula herself. “When I’m done with<br />
my schooling I’ll try to help out every<br />
year to raise money for Paula’s Purse<br />
to make help possible for other people<br />
who are neediest, as I was,” says<br />
Sullivan.<br />
To learn more about the Paula’s<br />
Purse cancer patient fund or to<br />
make a gift, visit www.gundluth.org/<br />
foundation and click on the Paula’s<br />
Purse link or use the enclosed gift<br />
envelope.<br />
“Pennies from Heaven” Returns to<br />
Benefit Paula’s Purse<br />
On the weekend of February 7–8, musical theater lovers were treated<br />
to an outstanding event in support of an outstanding cause. “Pennies<br />
from Heaven: Seasons of Love,” a Broadway-style musical revue<br />
featuring love songs and show tunes, was staged at the Heider Center<br />
in <strong>We</strong>st Salem. <strong>The</strong> two performances raised over $20,700 to benefit the<br />
Paula’s Purse fund at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation.<br />
Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc. served as a major sponsor<br />
of the event. Kathy Wieser explains that “this was something that hit<br />
home for us and we all—me, Brian, Jeff and Andrea—wanted to be part<br />
of it. <strong>We</strong> like to support things where we can see results right in our back<br />
yard.” With the economy in such a state of flux, more and more patients<br />
throughout the Tri-state Region are likely to be feeling the pressure of<br />
extra expenses that can emerge during cancer treatment. “I just think<br />
Paula (Tower, for whom the fund is named) would have really liked this<br />
whole idea,” says Kathy Wieser.<br />
“She was always so involved—with<br />
her children, with school and<br />
church, with her community and<br />
her work. She always gave 100<br />
percent. It’s an honor to be part<br />
of something that continues her<br />
positive outlook on life and makes<br />
a difference in the lives<br />
of cancer patients.”<br />
Kathy and Brian Wieser, with son Adam,<br />
daughters Abby (back) and Olivia (front).<br />
Photo courtesy of Crescent FineArt Photography.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation<br />
gratefully recognizes these “Seasons of Love” Sponsors<br />
for their generous support of Paula’s Purse:<br />
Title Sponsor<br />
Wieser Brothers General Contractor, Inc.<br />
Business Champions<br />
City <strong>We</strong>ar, Jeffers Acoustical, Inc., Kohl’s A-Team, Lillians, Pepsi-Cola<br />
Bottling Co. of La Crosse, Pizza Corral, Stoney Creek, <strong>We</strong>stview Inn,<br />
Winter Tree Studios<br />
Friends<br />
Marcou Family Children, Marsha Ledman, Mary K. Liebsch, Dr. Stephen<br />
and Katherine <strong>We</strong>bster, <strong>We</strong>stby Girls Basketball Club<br />
Media<br />
Charter Communications, La Crosse Radio Group, La Crosse Tribune,<br />
Mid-<strong>We</strong>st Family Broadcasting, WXOW TV19<br />
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Carilee Fund<br />
Bridging a<br />
Gap for<br />
Victims of<br />
Domestic<br />
Violence<br />
This special fund to provide<br />
financial assistance to victims<br />
of domestic violence has made a<br />
big impact since becoming active<br />
in 2006. Last year alone, funding<br />
requests were received from a<br />
broad geographic area that included<br />
Crawford County, Houston County,<br />
Trempealeau County, Vernon County,<br />
and both the New Horizons and<br />
Safe Pass programs in La Crosse<br />
County. “Everybody’s resources are<br />
dwindling,” observes Maureen Funk,<br />
BS, CSW, coordinator of <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran’s Domestic Abuse/Sexual<br />
Assault Program. “Budgets are being<br />
cut, and there really isn’t anything<br />
like this available anywhere else.”<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation’s Carilee Fund is unique<br />
in that it is designed to help eliminate<br />
financial obstacles to safety by<br />
covering expenses not funded through<br />
other sources. Grants in 2008 paid for<br />
such things as car repairs, rent and<br />
security deposits, child care, heating<br />
bills, and attorney fees. Applicants<br />
must be working with a domestic<br />
violence program in order to qualify<br />
for Carilee funding, but it does not<br />
matter where they receive their<br />
medical care. “<strong>We</strong> collaborate closely<br />
with programs within our service<br />
area, so we know the screening and<br />
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assessment has already occurred in<br />
their work with the client,” explains<br />
Funk. “It makes our application<br />
process easy and straightforward.”<br />
Nearly $15,000 was dispersed<br />
in 2008, and Funk reports that for<br />
the most part, “all of the people<br />
who were assisted have been highly<br />
successful as far as moving on, taking<br />
care of themselves, and getting past<br />
that really hard glitch where they<br />
needed help at that moment in their<br />
life.” To be able to offer this type of<br />
unexpected assistance to someone<br />
weighed down with worries is<br />
“amazing,” says Funk. “It really is a<br />
stepping stone to self-sufficiency for<br />
somebody to be safe and have their<br />
children be safe.”<br />
Domestic violence is a pervasive<br />
and costly problem that impacts<br />
thousands of women, men and<br />
children in our service region each<br />
year. Your gift to <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation’s Carilee Fund<br />
can help change lives, and is as easy<br />
as using the enclosed gift envelope<br />
or visiting www.gundluth.org/<br />
foundation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> La Crosse County<br />
Domestic Abuse Task<br />
Force honored <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran employee<br />
Kim Salwolke in 2008 for<br />
her work in remembrance<br />
of her mother Carilee, for<br />
whom this fund is named.<br />
“I am forever grateful.”<br />
“Close your eyes and imagine: Being stranded on the side of a highway, no cars<br />
around, with no help, being strangled to the point of unconsciousness. You beg for<br />
your life because you are all your child has. You struggle, you taste blood, you see<br />
blood…you continue to receive blow after blow to your face. All you can think is,<br />
‘I have to stay alive.’ And you do.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Carilee Fund helped me through one of the most traumatic and life<br />
altering experiences of my life. After my brutal physical assault, I lost my<br />
job, and was on the verge of losing my apartment because of not being able to<br />
cover the remaining cost of rent for the upcoming month. <strong>The</strong> Carilee Fund<br />
helped me heal emotionally and physically by providing financial assistance to<br />
allow me that extra time in my home. I had time to let the wounds and<br />
bruises heal, I was able to go to sleep in my own bed at night and I felt safe<br />
knowing that I had this extra time to be able to take care of myself, which<br />
in turn allowed me to care for my daughter.<br />
“I can say to every victim and survivor that because of the help and<br />
assistance I received from the Carilee Fund and my advocate I was able<br />
to take that step forward. I got a new job, I was able to relocate and my<br />
daughter and I started our new life.<br />
“This trauma will be with me forever. However, so will the<br />
knowledge that there were people out there who contributed to this<br />
fund, who helped me. So all the individuals who make the Carilee<br />
Fund possible, they are my angels, my strength. <strong>The</strong>y believed and<br />
helped me when I felt no one or nothing could. For that I am forever<br />
grateful.”<br />
~ a former patient who wishes to remain anonymous<br />
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Children’s Miracle Network®<br />
Consultations and testing are among the beneficial services<br />
offered by pediatric education specialist Debbie Olufs, PhD,<br />
director of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran’s Comprehensive Child Care<br />
Center, pictured here with patient Taylor Edwards.<br />
Helping<br />
Parents Find<br />
Answers to<br />
Childhood<br />
Learning<br />
Problems<br />
For a parent whose child has<br />
learning, behavioral or social<br />
issues, referral to <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran’s Comprehensive Child<br />
Care Center (CCCC) can be a<br />
crucial step in turning questions<br />
and concerns into answers. Here, a<br />
multidisciplinary team of experts<br />
is available to provide a diagnostic<br />
evaluation of conditions that interfere<br />
with a child’s ability to succeed<br />
in school, and in everyday life.<br />
From that evaluation, treatment<br />
recommendations can be developed<br />
to assist the child’s parents and<br />
primary care physician in developing<br />
an appropriate plan of care for the<br />
child. <strong>The</strong> outcomes can be nothing<br />
short of life-changing (see sidebar).<br />
What makes this team approach<br />
so unique? “<strong>The</strong> reason we’re as<br />
respected as we are is because of<br />
every specialist on the team,” says<br />
CCCC director Debbie Olufs, PhD.<br />
“Whether it’s a pediatrician, a behavioral<br />
health specialist, a speech and<br />
language pathologist, a neurologist,<br />
or others who may be included on<br />
a specific child’s diagnostic team,<br />
each of these clinicians is looking at<br />
the child from his or her own school<br />
of thought. <strong>The</strong>n we meet privately<br />
to review the findings,” explains<br />
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Dr. Olufs. “Getting a comprehensive, well-rounded view<br />
of the child in a few days—versus a few months—makes<br />
the CCCC approach different than any place I know of,”<br />
says Dr. Olufs. Parents often share the frustration of their<br />
previous experiences, “how they went in for testing, went<br />
home, got a report, and nobody explained the findings to<br />
them. Or they just met with an education specialist for findings,<br />
and weren’t able to ask the neurologist a question. <strong>We</strong><br />
don’t do that to families.”<br />
Instead, parents and anyone else they choose to include—<br />
teachers, social workers, grandparents, tutors—meet with<br />
the child’s diagnostic team face-to-face to discuss the findings,<br />
respond to questions, and develop recommendations<br />
for treatment. <strong>The</strong>se “staffings” are a critical component<br />
of the CCCC approach to serving the best interests of each<br />
child, yet the costs are not always something the family<br />
can afford. That is where Children’s Miracle Network ® has<br />
stepped in to help.<br />
David Amborn, CFRE, Senior Director of Development<br />
for <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation, recalls<br />
that Children’s Miracle Network support of the CCCC<br />
program has evolved over the past 20 years, from individual<br />
grants applied for by families to the current “block grant”<br />
approach. “<strong>We</strong> recognized this was an area of growing<br />
need,” says Amborn. “<strong>The</strong> entire process became more<br />
efficient by allocating funds to the CCCC and relying<br />
on their professional judgment to put the dollars to work<br />
where they are needed most.” Three $10,000 grants, or<br />
$30,000, were awarded to the CCCC in 2008, which helped<br />
numerous families by paying for staffing fees not covered<br />
by insurances.<br />
<strong>The</strong> return on this investment is beyond substantial.<br />
Dr. Olufs estimates that a typical child’s life is spent 20<br />
percent in school time, and 80 percent out of the classroom.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>ir disabilities do not stop at school when they walk<br />
out the door,” she explains. “It impacts their entire lives.<br />
So this is where our service really helps, and why we’re so<br />
very different. It’s about analyzing those challenges, and<br />
addressing them. It’s about quality of life.”<br />
Children’s Miracle<br />
Network ® , a service of<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation, is<br />
dedicated to saving and<br />
improving the lives of<br />
children. Making a gift is as easy as using the enclosed<br />
envelope, or visiting www.gundluth.org/foundation.<br />
Changing<br />
Lives Through<br />
Learning<br />
“Generally if we do our<br />
jobs right, we don’t see<br />
these children again,”<br />
says Dr. Olufs. “But we do sometimes hear<br />
back from them.” What follows is an excerpt<br />
from a letter that Dr. Olufs keeps framed in<br />
her office, written by a former patient from<br />
Iron Mountain, Michigan.<br />
“At school I was this little girl that had no self<br />
confidence. I always worked hard but that never<br />
worked. I had a tutor two days a week, but we still<br />
did not know what was going on with me. I studied<br />
every night, but it never helped. I had people at<br />
school that came and tested me, but they could<br />
never figure out what was wrong. I really did not<br />
like to read in front of the class, but now I love<br />
to read in front of the class. Now I have so much<br />
confidence; I know I can do anything.<br />
If I would have not met you I would not know<br />
what I would do. By being at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
you gave me the confidence to get where I am<br />
in life. All of those writing tests really paid off<br />
because now I can write like a seventh grader.<br />
I am not the little girl you helped. I am now 5’5”<br />
and I have braces. In school I mostly get A’s and<br />
B’s. Since I have been to <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran my<br />
grades have gone up a lot. Since I am the oldest<br />
child in my family I set the goals for grades and<br />
everything else. <strong>The</strong> grades I set are so high my<br />
brother cannot keep up. I have been on the Honor<br />
Roll in sixth and seventh grade for B or better.<br />
Without your help I would not know where I<br />
would be at. You made a huge difference in my life<br />
and my family’s life…Thank you so much for your<br />
time and your wonderful help.”<br />
Pathfinders Spring 2009 13
<strong>The</strong> Asset of Experience<br />
Development Update<br />
In January of this year, our<br />
national attention was captured<br />
by an extraordinary news event: the<br />
emergency landing of US Airways<br />
Flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson<br />
River. <strong>The</strong> survival of all 155 passengers—and<br />
the flight crew—quickly<br />
became known as “the Miracle on the<br />
Hudson.” In the subsequent analysis<br />
of “what went right” as far as the<br />
critical factors that led to triumph<br />
rather than tragedy, the collective<br />
professional experience of the flight<br />
crew was at the top of the list. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
quick and heroic actions are living<br />
proof that experience counts!<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation is similarly proud of the<br />
experienced “crew” that is responsible<br />
for our development fundraising<br />
activity. “One of the things we are<br />
really blessed with is the longevity of<br />
our staff,” says Robyn Tanke, CFRE,<br />
Senior Director of Development.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re is huge turnover in this<br />
industry, and even in these tough<br />
economic times skilled fundraisers<br />
are hard to come by. <strong>We</strong> are very<br />
fortunate that our organization has<br />
such a strong asset in these long-term<br />
associates.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> benefit of these long-standing<br />
relationships can be seen in the<br />
Foundation’s signature approach to<br />
stewardship. As executive director<br />
Philip Schumacher, CFRE, explains,<br />
“Over the years we come to know<br />
our benefactors very well. <strong>We</strong> know<br />
their families, they know us, and<br />
there is an enormous level of trust.<br />
Because we’ve developed such close<br />
personal relationships we see the<br />
responsibility of good stewardship as<br />
a genuine honor. <strong>The</strong>se are people—<br />
colleagues, patients, neighbors and<br />
friends—who have entrusted us with<br />
their philanthropy. <strong>We</strong> owe it to them<br />
to perform to the highest standards.”<br />
(Note: the Donor Bill of Rights,<br />
created by the National Association<br />
of Fundraising Professionals<br />
(AFP) and endorsed by <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Medical Foundation, is<br />
included in this issue.)<br />
<strong>The</strong> professionalism of the<br />
Foundation’s development team is<br />
also evident in their credentials.<br />
<strong>The</strong> CFRE (Certified Fund Raising<br />
Executive) designation signifies an<br />
individual’s mastery of standards<br />
set for core knowledge and skills<br />
required of fundraising executives<br />
as established by North America’s<br />
leading philanthropic associations. To<br />
have five such certified professionals<br />
on a staff the size of the Foundation’s<br />
is relatively unheard of. “<strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran’s commitment to continuing<br />
professional development holds true<br />
for the Foundation as well,” says<br />
Tanke. “Dr. Connelly (Foundation<br />
Chairman) is a strong believer in<br />
supporting and recognizing this<br />
achievement by his development<br />
officers. <strong>We</strong> welcome that<br />
accountability for promoting ethics<br />
and integrity in our profession.”<br />
One important measure of<br />
stewardship and fiscal responsibility<br />
is an organization’s annual expense<br />
ratio. <strong>The</strong> Independent Sector<br />
organization, a leadership forum for<br />
charities, foundations, and corporate<br />
giving programs, endorses the<br />
following statement by <strong>The</strong> Charities<br />
Review Council:<br />
STANDARD: At least 70 percent<br />
of the organization’s annual<br />
expenses are for program activity<br />
and not more than 30 percent for<br />
management/general and fundraising<br />
combined.<br />
A charity should use its resources<br />
in a responsible, effective and<br />
efficient manner to achieve results<br />
in furtherance of its mission. <strong>The</strong><br />
Council believes that the ratio<br />
of program expenses to total<br />
expenses is an indicator of such<br />
use. Donors should reasonably<br />
expect that substantially more than<br />
half of their contribution and the<br />
organization’s expenses are used<br />
for program services. Management<br />
and fundraising expenses should be<br />
reasonable in relation to the results<br />
of the organization and reasonable<br />
over time.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation regularly exceeds this<br />
industry standard. In 2008, expenses<br />
directed to mission components<br />
represented 81 percent of total<br />
expenses for the year, while just 19<br />
percent of expenses were for administrative<br />
and development activity.<br />
It goes without saying that 2009<br />
is going to be a challenging year for<br />
those whose work revolves around<br />
raising funds through charitable<br />
donations. For the development team<br />
of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation, it is an opportunity<br />
to demonstrate the value of their<br />
collective experience and knowledge,<br />
and the importance of ethics and<br />
trust. People choose to give because<br />
they trust their gifts can make a<br />
difference; as the faces and voices<br />
that link donors to the work of the<br />
Foundation, these officers are the<br />
keepers of that trust.<br />
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Pictured front row, from left: Robyn Tanke, Debbie Kroner, Philip Schumacher. Pictured back row, from left: Jean Sterling, Nicole Williams,<br />
David Amborn, Heather Gilles, and Jill Blokhuis. You may reach any of the Development Officers by calling our office at 608-775-6600.<br />
Development Officers for <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Medical Foundation<br />
Philip Schumacher, CFRE, Executive Director<br />
Rejoined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 1993 and has<br />
more than 18 years experience with the Foundation.<br />
Robyn Tanke, CFRE, Senior Director of Development<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 1992 and has more<br />
than 16 years experience with the organization.<br />
David Amborn, CFRE, Senior Director of Development<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 1992 and has more<br />
than 21 years experience at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
Jill Blokhuis, CFRE, Associate Director of Development,<br />
Annual Fund<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 2001 and has more<br />
than 21 years experience at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
Nicole Williams, CFRE, Associate Director of<br />
Development, Planned Giving<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 2001 and has more<br />
than 13 years experience at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
Debbie Kroner, Special Events Manager<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 2002 and has more<br />
than seven years experience with the organization.<br />
Jean Sterling, Regional Specialist,<br />
Children’s Miracle Network®<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 2002 and has more<br />
than 28 years experience with the organization.<br />
Heather Gilles, National Specialist,<br />
Children’s Miracle Network®<br />
Joined <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation in 2007 and has more<br />
than seven years experience with the organization.<br />
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Expressions of Caring<br />
Expressions of Caring<br />
Commemorative and Memorial Gifts<br />
National Doctor’s Day, March 30, was created<br />
in appreciation for the caring physicians who dedicate themselves to our health.<br />
It’s not too late to express appreciation to the <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran doctors who<br />
improve patient lives on a daily basis by being skilled healers, trusted confidants, and<br />
compassionate advocates. In the spirit of Doctor’s Day, we invite you to visit our website at<br />
www.gundluth.org/foundation and make a special gift as a tribute to your doctor. Without<br />
mentioning the amount, we will send a letter informing each physician you choose to honor<br />
that you have made a Doctor’s Day gift in appreciation for all they do.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation thanks<br />
our many friends for their generous gifts.<br />
October 1, 2008 through February 28, 2009<br />
Our memorial and honorarium listing includes gifts made to Children’s Miracle Network ® .<br />
Gifts made after February 28, 2009 will appear in the next issue of Pathfinders.<br />
A gift that lasts—a lasting tribute<br />
A gift to <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation, in the name of the person or persons you wish<br />
to honor, provides both the donor and the recognized—or bereaved family—the satisfaction of<br />
having made a lasting contribution to others.<br />
Your gift will touch their hearts<br />
In response to your gift, we send an acknowledgment<br />
card to the honored individual or, in the case of a<br />
memorial, to the family. You will be notified that your<br />
gift has been received and dedicated according to your<br />
wishes. <strong>The</strong> names of those honored by tribute are<br />
published in this publication, Pathfinders. Specific<br />
amounts are confidential and are not published.<br />
Throughout this section, we feature photos of<br />
outstanding doctors delivering exceptional patient<br />
care at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
16 Gifts received between October 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009
Commemorative Gifts<br />
In honor of Seth & Emily Aasen<br />
Sally Aasen<br />
In honor of Adia M. Addis<br />
Phillip J. Addis & Julie A. Fogel<br />
In honor of Lila C. Addis<br />
Phillip J. Addis & Julie A. Fogel<br />
In honor of William A. Agger, MD<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In honor of Maverick Allen<br />
Cheri Brudos<br />
In honor of Mary S. Alvarado, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Chelsea Amundson<br />
Jane M. Amundson<br />
In honor of birthday Vivian Andresen<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Armitage Clients<br />
Armitage, Inc.<br />
In honor of Gerald E. Arndt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Business Services Team<br />
In honor of Connie Arneson<br />
Cathy & Richard Hilton<br />
Jennifer & Brian Parsons<br />
In honor of Sue Ann Beier-Hanratty, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Dana M. Benden, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Laurie Bertram<br />
Owen Gilbertson<br />
In honor of Marilu Bintz, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
In honor of Julio J. Bird, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
In honor of 50th wedding anniversary<br />
Jerome & Beverly Bjnorstad<br />
Paula Kildahl<br />
Krist Stenslien<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
In honor of Erik Blank<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Garves<br />
In honor of Suzie Boswick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cicardo<br />
In honor of Wayne A. Bottner, MD<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
In honor of Gerlyn M. Brasic, MD<br />
Midwest In Service - Educators Association<br />
In honor of Avali, Boden & Kayli Bratberg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Bratberg<br />
In honor of Kaytlyn & Lyndsey Bratberg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Bratberg<br />
In honor of Patty Brown<br />
Keith & Karen Bakken<br />
In honor of Ward M. Brown, MD<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
In honor of Joe Browne<br />
Roger Brownell<br />
In honor of birthday Mary Bruden<br />
Carolyn Bean<br />
Nan Kember<br />
In honor of Scott D. Brunk, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Frank J. Cadwell, MD<br />
Colleen A. Shaw<br />
In honor of Thomas A. Carpenter, EMT-P<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of 60th wedding anniversary<br />
William & Beverly Chase<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In honor of David H. Chestnut, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William A. Agger<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In celebration of Christmas Kay Chiples<br />
Scott R. Chiples & Leslie P. <strong>We</strong>gener<br />
In honor health Kenna L. Christians<br />
Viola Brucker<br />
In honor of years of service<br />
Barbara L. Clappier<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Mark V. Connelly, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William A. Agger<br />
Roger & Johanna Hargreaves Kwong<br />
In honor of Patrick D. Conway, MD<br />
Benjamin J. Ward, Jr. & Linda C. Wangen<br />
In honor of Pat & Ellen Conway<br />
Mary Fran Rybarik<br />
In honor of Mary Lou & Robert Cota<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent Stowers<br />
In honor of John Daleiden<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Garves<br />
In honor of Judy Daleiden<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Garves<br />
In honor of Jill E. Davidson, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Michael J. Dolan, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
In honor of Chaplain Martha J. Donnelly<br />
Robert M. & Gretchen L. Burns<br />
Greg & Becky Prichett<br />
In honor of Micca K. Donohue, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Barbara Dummer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Winston L. Knutson<br />
In honor of Kathy M. Durfey<br />
Nelson & June Richason & Melva Bauer<br />
In honor of retirement Rosie Edminster<br />
Robert M. & Gretchen L. Burns<br />
In honor of Willie & Billie Jo Erdmann’s<br />
baby boy<br />
Jess & Jay Johnson<br />
In honor of Judy Fedie<br />
Chippewa County Department of Public <strong>Health</strong><br />
In honor of Gregory G. Fischer, MD<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of Sandy Folgers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin W. Feyen<br />
In honor of widowed members for<br />
Christmas<br />
Cochrane - Buffalo City VFW 10406 Women’s<br />
Auxiliary<br />
In honor of Southern Bluffs Elementary<br />
staff & students<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William W. McMullin<br />
In honor of Roberta K. Gelatt<br />
Susan G. Paudler<br />
In honor of 50th wedding anniversary<br />
Edwin & Barbara Godel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin D. Godel<br />
In honor of Nancy L. Graham<br />
Gary L. Simenson<br />
In honor of Bradley & Connor Granahan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ward Smith<br />
In appreciation of Yannick Y. Grenier, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane K. Moore<br />
In honor of A. Erik <strong>Gundersen</strong>, MD<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Partners<br />
In honor of 78th birthday<br />
A. Erik <strong>Gundersen</strong>, MD<br />
Thomas Hoby & Lisa <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of birthday Erik A. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, MD<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
To wish Happy Holidays to <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Pulmonary Dept. Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Patzner<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
3-Center Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Wolfgram<br />
To wish Happy Holidays to <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran Allergy Dept. Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Patzner<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Bereavement & Advance Care Planning<br />
Services Staff<br />
Rana K. Limbo<br />
In appreciation & honor of<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Business Services<br />
Leadership Team<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Hematology/Oncology Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Fitzpatrick<br />
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In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Hospice Staff<br />
Gary L. Simenson<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
HVAC Dept. Staff<br />
ASHRAE La Crosse Area Chapter<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Inpatient Rehabilitation Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Monk<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Learning Division<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. McCartney<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Media Staff<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Nutrition Services Staff<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Certified Nurse Midwives<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
OB/GYN MD’s, PA’s, CNM’s & NP’s<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran OB/GYN Support Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Nash<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Merl E. Strong<br />
SMSGT Catherine A. Ziegler<br />
In appreciation & honor of<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Employees<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
In honor of birthday<br />
Dr. Sigurd B. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, Jr.<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Dr. Sigurd B. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, III<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of Emma Hanson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Reuben A. Hanson, Jr.<br />
In honor of 10th birthday Ellie Havenstrite<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jason T. Baldner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Bergman<br />
Dr. Vikram K. & Sonal Chand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven T. Davis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard G. Diermeier<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Gardner<br />
Gardner Resources LLC<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Garves<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jon J. Havenstrite<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Hosch<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory M. Knorr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Laux<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Luce<br />
Frank & Trisha Perez-Guerra<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey W. Platt<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen B. Shapiro<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dave A. Solie, Jr.<br />
Jean & John L. Sterling, OD, MS<br />
Kyle Visker & Jodie Pharis Visker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Wiebke<br />
In honor of birthday John W. Hayden, MD<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Herb Heili<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Medland<br />
In honor of Teresa L. Helseth<br />
Gary L. Simenson<br />
In honor of Jeffery D. Hillesland, MD<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of Margaret M. Hoff<br />
Teresa A. Heidel<br />
In honor of Zachary Hooverson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron J. Cade<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Danny Deaver<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William M. Deering<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Franklin S. Harless<br />
Patricia Helgerson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry M. Hooverson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Lee<br />
Aaron Mithum<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy W. Nagel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Polsean<br />
Erica Walter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas <strong>We</strong>ed<br />
In honor of birthday Leila N. Hutchens<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Andrea Ihle<br />
Owen Gilbertson<br />
In honor of 35th wedding anniversary<br />
Thomas R. & Maxine A. Jacobs<br />
Cheryl R. Vieth<br />
In honor of 50th wedding anniversary<br />
Daniel J. & Marlene E. Jacquart<br />
Bernice Donisch<br />
In honor of Evan Jamesson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Jamesson<br />
In honor of Mary Jensen<br />
Betty Mindemann<br />
In honor of Donald ‘Donnie’ J. Jobe<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald D. Jobe<br />
In recognition of Dena L. Johnson<br />
Midwest In Service - Educators Association<br />
In honor of Karen Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent A. Kimmerle<br />
In honor of 60th wedding anniversary<br />
Lester & Phyllis Johnson<br />
Lorraine E. Bummert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Dunn<br />
Cheryl R. Vieth<br />
In honor of birthday Dr. Jon Kabara<br />
Philip & Rebecca Schumacher<br />
In honor of Dr. & Mrs. Jon Kabara<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jamisen Beevers<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Howell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn W. Howell<br />
In honor of 90th birthday Marie B. Kabat<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Horvath<br />
In honor of retirement<br />
James F. Kadlec, DDS<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In honor of Brenda Kimmerle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent A. Kimmerle<br />
In honor of Jean M. Krause<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
In honor of Betty Kroeplin<br />
Chippewa County Department of Public <strong>Health</strong><br />
In honor of Mary E. Kuffel, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Jeffrey Landercasper, MD<br />
Allina <strong>Health</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />
In honor of James L. Langley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Todd D. Eber<br />
In appreciation of outstanding care<br />
Thomas Lathrop, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt G. Schroeder<br />
In honor of retirement from medical<br />
practice Thomas P. Lathrop, MD<br />
Dr. Margaret E. <strong>We</strong>bster & Mark T. Glendenning<br />
In honor of Jennifer & Steve Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lee<br />
In honor of Kyla R. Lee, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Johnson<br />
Gary L. Simenson<br />
In honor of Charles E. Link, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Robert Linse<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Temte<br />
In honor of Dick & Cherry Lommen<br />
McDonald’s Restaurants - Courtesy<br />
Corporation<br />
In honor of <strong>We</strong>ndy & Rick Lommen<br />
McDonald’s Restaurants - Courtesy<br />
Corporation<br />
In honor of Daniel C. MacCharles, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Michael H. Mader, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Michael ‘Mike’ J. Matysik<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Matysik<br />
In honor of Mitchell ‘Mitch’ J. Maxey<br />
Kimberly J. Kerska<br />
Samantha Staats<br />
In honor of Kenneth W. Merkitch, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of birthday Nettie O. Mooney<br />
Dr. R. M. & Fe Abellera<br />
Nancy L. Davis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Mooney, Jr.<br />
In honor of 2nd birthday Brayen C. Morey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Thieke<br />
In honor of Brian M. Mulrennan, MD<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
In honor of birthday Pat Murray<br />
Cardinal IG Company<br />
In honor of Barbara & Kermit Newcomer<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Newcomer<br />
In honor of Tim Nielsen<br />
Sacia Gilbertson<br />
In honor of Jared & Kendra Oelke<br />
Sally Aasen<br />
In honor of Michael J. O’Neill<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Rich<br />
In honor of Ralph J. Pape<br />
(father of Jeanne Pape Connelly)<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In honor of Mary Patros<br />
Dr. J. Michael & Vicki Hartigan<br />
Michael & Robyn Tanke<br />
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In honor of Steven B. Pearson, MD, FACP<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William A. Agger<br />
In honor of <strong>The</strong>odore M. Peck, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Mara Peterson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lee A. Peterson<br />
In honor of Wyatt Peterson<br />
Angela M. Buck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tolly R. Hegge<br />
Mr. & Ms. Patrick McGuire<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Rand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Thomson<br />
In honor of Tom & Mary Poellinger<br />
Paul Brown & Carleen M. Poellinger<br />
In honor of Mikala Pronschinske<br />
Leo Pronschinske<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Pronschinske<br />
In honor of Richard F. Renwick, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of retirement from medical<br />
practice Thomas N. Roberts, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. Casper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Loveland<br />
Dr. Todd & Debra Mahr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Quarberg<br />
In honor of Jeffrey E. Rodzak, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of 50th wedding anniversary<br />
Phil & Judy Roraff<br />
Cindy Vieth<br />
In honor of Megan Rosborough<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. Michael J. Rosborough<br />
In honor of Catherine R. Ryan, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Rhonda L. Sallaway, MD<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
In honor of receiving Judge Peter Pappas<br />
Award Kim A. Salwolke<br />
David J. Amborn<br />
In honor of Dolly Sandleback<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. John J. Perlich<br />
In honor of Laura Sandness<br />
Sacia Gilbertson<br />
In honor of Andrew T. Saterbak, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Charles W. Schauberger, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Deagan D. Schmitz<br />
Beatrice Schmitz<br />
In honor of birthday Harry A. Schroeder<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
In honor of Jacob Schroeder<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Hicks<br />
In honor of Philip G. Schumacher<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William A. Agger<br />
In honor of Melissa Sexe<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith J. Sexe<br />
In honor of Diann M. Shuman<br />
Friends & Loved Ones of<br />
Bob & Danielle Shuman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Shuman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Shuman<br />
In honor of Deborah A. Simon, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Evelyn B. Staggemeyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory A. Rea<br />
In honor of 50th wedding anniversary<br />
Kenneth & Kay Steiger<br />
Rita L. Martin<br />
In honor of Shannan K. Stephens, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In honor of Stephanie Swartz<br />
Deborah L. Wyatt<br />
In honor of Robyn R. Tanke<br />
Betty Ann* & Don Mac Phetridge<br />
In honor of 2008 ‘Mrs. Oktoberfest’<br />
Robyn Tanke<br />
Bob & Jean Marck<br />
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Medland<br />
In celebration of Christmas<br />
Nancy L. Tenner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Ebert<br />
In honor of Jacob <strong>The</strong>sing<br />
Kristi Johnson<br />
In appreciation of caring services<br />
Julie A. Thoftne<br />
June Gasper<br />
In honor of Jeffrey E. Thompson, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. DeHaan<br />
In honor of Dr. Ted L. Thompson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Thiede<br />
In honor of Leslee C. Timm, DDS<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
In honor of Kathy A. Trumbull, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
In appreciation of caring services<br />
Joseph P. Vandenberg, MD &<br />
Orthopaedic Staff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Powell<br />
In honor of Patti K. Virnig<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Shuman<br />
Mary S. Virnig<br />
In honor of Danyon J. Wagner, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lo-Ken Chang<br />
In honor of Marie A. Walter, MS, RN<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of Don & Roxie <strong>We</strong>ber<br />
Philip & Rebecca Schumacher<br />
In honor of retirement<br />
Stephen B. <strong>We</strong>bster, MD<br />
Dr. Thomas & Barbara Roberts<br />
In celebration of Christmas<br />
Jeanne Willinger<br />
Thomas A. Gilbertson & Associates, Inc.<br />
Engineers<br />
In honor of Thomas W. Wright, EMT-P<br />
Rosemary Nelson<br />
In honor of Corey J. Zarecki<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey J. Rich<br />
In honor of Catherine A. Ziegler, RN<br />
Melissa A. Cordes<br />
Sharon J. Davis<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Mark McConnell<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran OB/GYN<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Kremer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David F. Mlsna<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dean L. Remus<br />
Michelle M. & Nickolas B. Schreck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allen C. Schulze<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Merl E. Strong<br />
Kathi Volden<br />
Kelly Winjum<br />
Memorial Gifts<br />
In memory of Aurora Grace<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Cafe<br />
In memory of Adeline Aasheim<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Fred <strong>We</strong>lscher<br />
In memory of Tynne E. Adamson<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
In memory of Dr. John L. Alexander<br />
Marilyn A. Alexander<br />
In memory of Gertrude ‘Gert’ Allen<br />
Peggy J. Hefti<br />
In memory of Robert ‘Bob’ M. Anderson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Dr. Elena Apasova<br />
Peter W. Gjevre, MD<br />
In memory of Sharon Archambault<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Campbell<br />
In memory of Caroline Arlt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Yost<br />
In memory of Karl Artschwager<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Paggi<br />
In memory of Lawrence ‘Larry’ A. Aspenson<br />
Interior <strong>System</strong>s International<br />
In memory of William ‘Bill’ G. Asselin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith E. Barney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David K. Harder<br />
In memory of Ethan Augedahl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. Krueger<br />
In memory of Richard W. Axelsen<br />
Mrs. Richard Axelsen<br />
In memory of Casey Axford<br />
Kevin & Margaret Leslie<br />
In memory of Angeline Bacon<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Faivre<br />
In memory of Ruby J. Bacon<br />
Cheryl R. Vieth<br />
Cindy Vieth<br />
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Expressions of Caring<br />
In memory of Frederick W. Bakkum<br />
Friends of Diane Remaly at Verizon Wireless<br />
In memory of Evelyn Bambenek<br />
Joseph R. Bambenek<br />
In memory of Tom Bambenek<br />
Joseph R. Bambenek<br />
In memory of Ervin N. Bankes<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Arlene J. Bartig<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Cloyce Campbell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Heij<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Clarence Johnson<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Lofthouse<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary H. Metzig<br />
Martha Jane O’Donnell<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin L. Page<br />
Nancy Rowe & Lem Genovese<br />
Dr. R. L. & Janet K. Virata<br />
In memory of Jean Mary Barton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark R. Wiste<br />
In memory of Charles W. Bass<br />
Badger Foundry Company<br />
Elizabeth Bruening<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Henry H. Deblon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick W. Dienger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kent D. Erdmann<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lowell J. Finseth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Hastings<br />
Eugene J. Kaehler<br />
Bob & Mary McMahon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis L. Mihm<br />
Jean S. Neeck<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Powell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley P. Prosen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Quinlan<br />
Marilyn C. Schwab<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Schwab<br />
Nancy C. Sonnenberg<br />
Arlene J. Tullius<br />
Thomas M. Wilmot<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin W. Wolfmeyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Wolter<br />
In memory of Maxine M. Bates<br />
John S. Bates<br />
In memory of Delores M. Beal<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerold H. Leis<br />
In memory of Grace A. Becker<br />
Lori A. Falada<br />
In memory of George A. Bedessem<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Engh<br />
In memory of Frederick J. Behrens<br />
Rhonda J. Behrens<br />
In memory of Inez L. Behrens<br />
Rhonda J. Behrens<br />
In memory of Marliss Ann Bendel<br />
Loris B. Rustad<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Delores A. Bentzen<br />
Sandra J. Jack<br />
In memory of Larry A. Berg &<br />
Vicki L. Garves-Berg<br />
Kenneth A. Kamrowski<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Lathrop<br />
In memory of Vicki L. Garves-Berg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond M. Wichelt<br />
In memory of Alf Bertling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Skolos<br />
In memory of Helen V. Betz<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Brian K. Allen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin R. Forde<br />
In memory of Harvey G. Beyer<br />
Reuben Johnson<br />
In memory of Lucille Elizabeth Bintz<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
Elizabeth A. Clough<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Nancy R. Korn-Smith & Donald B. Smith<br />
Carla & Terry Steffen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brandon Uffelman<br />
In memory of Vernal W. Bjornstad<br />
Carol Bjornstad<br />
In memory of Jerome ‘Jerry’ A. Blaschke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. O. Manley Kirkeeng<br />
In memory of David Blomquist<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Ebert<br />
In memory of Marjorie Jean Bluske<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Robert ‘Bob’ J. Blystad<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William O. Bailey<br />
Becker Trailers, LLC<br />
Jane R. Cameron-Heller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Fuhrman<br />
Joan E. Gibbs<br />
Iva L. Hammond<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alden G. Lien<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Loyd D. Mieden<br />
Mrs. Gene Nolop<br />
Viola S. Ritter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clair L. Rood<br />
In memory of Delvin M. Boardman<br />
Ethel M. Boardman<br />
In memory of Faith Boswick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Cicardo<br />
In memory of Ivy Bourne<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Pearl A. Brandt<br />
Emily A. Erdmann<br />
Nicole Gullickson<br />
Carrie Risch<br />
In memory of Ed Brensel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth F. Krause<br />
In memory of Joseph S. Brieske<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Johnson<br />
Betty Ann* & Don Mac Phetridge<br />
In memory of John F. Bromley, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bromley<br />
In memory of Elaine ‘Poots’ E. Brosinski<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Bernard Brye<br />
Randi L. Brye<br />
In memory of birthday Jo Bublitz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerrold Zenke<br />
In memory of Kent H. Bummert<br />
Lorraine E. Bummert<br />
In memory of Mary M. Burg<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Marlene Burke<br />
Francis E. Burke<br />
In memory of Ann Baringer Butterfield<br />
Lawrence D. Butterfield<br />
In memory of Kenneth ‘Ken’ G. Bye<br />
Betty Ann* & Don Mac Phetridge<br />
In memory of Donald D. Calhoun<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Brunslik<br />
Delpha DeBoer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. D. Duane Garbisch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Gingerich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Hammer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles K. Haug<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Russell R. Hauser<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Neale A. Horman<br />
Ralph D. Koglin & Bonnie Schilling-Koglin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Lawrence<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Leifer<br />
Mary L. Lund<br />
Donna L. Nesler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Le Roy W. Niedfelt<br />
Michael J. Parr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger T. Parr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pluntz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Radichel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Orville R. Sallander<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Sans Crainte<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
Cheryl & Donald Walsh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Young<br />
In memory of William E. Carlson<br />
Mrs. Raymond R. Lee<br />
In memory of Dr. (Thomas) John Carr<br />
Geraldine E. Fritsch<br />
Neil N. Mighall, DDS<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Strand<br />
In memory of David C. Christianson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Christianson<br />
In memory of Jeffrey D. Christianson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Christianson<br />
In memory of Carli Christina Clements<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Schleifer<br />
In memory of Sandra J. Clingman<br />
Laurence L. Clingman<br />
In memory of Julian E. Colbert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry K. Pierce<br />
In memory of Robert Copper<br />
Lillian Karbula<br />
In memory of Lillie M. Cordes<br />
Thomas M. Cordes<br />
In memory of Sophie Cote<br />
Agnes M. Burnham<br />
In memory of Blaine L. Cox<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
20 Gifts received between October 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009
In memory of David W. Crawford<br />
Cheryl Crawford<br />
In memory of Susan Critchfield Lindsay<br />
Jack R. Critchfield<br />
In memory of Madeline ‘Maddy’ M. Crogan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. O. Manley Kirkeeng<br />
Dee Paque’<br />
In memory of Keith David Czaplewski<br />
Lois E. Czaplewski<br />
In memory of Shane Gordon Dagendesh<br />
Keren L. Prombaum & Rabbi Saul L. Simcha<br />
In memory of Arlene M. Dahl<br />
Gondola Gardens<br />
In memory of Nancy Connor Dahl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Barney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Beranek<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Brubaker<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Edward S. Carlsson, Jr.<br />
Cleary-Kumm Foundation<br />
Marjorie P. Collins<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Dineen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. George B. Ellenz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Geary<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent L. Gephart<br />
Marybeth B. Goodnough<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Gordon, Jr.<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Roger A. Grant<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Guth<br />
Herb & Barbara Heili<br />
Pat & Joe Heim<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald W. Houser<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Low<br />
Dr. Todd & Debra Mahr<br />
Charlotte M. Markos-Kann<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer L. McArthur<br />
Richard J. McLoone<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Miller<br />
Nettie O. Mooney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane K. Moore<br />
Marla R. Natoli<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Newburg<br />
Barbara & Kermit Newcomer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Jegi Peterson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph S. Poehling<br />
Marc B. Ranger & Elizabeth Goli Ranger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane W. Ring, Sr.<br />
Dorothy L. Salek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Schroeder<br />
Philip & Rebecca Schumacher<br />
Debra A. Seiler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Sherwood<br />
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Smith<br />
Michael & Robyn Tanke<br />
Jane E. Young<br />
In memory of <strong>The</strong>lma Dahlen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Vere V. Vance<br />
In memory of Darlene L. Dahlquist<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Frank J. Aberger<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth S. Horth<br />
In memory of Gary D. Davis<br />
Jean A. Davis<br />
In memory of Helen R. Davis<br />
Albert W. Davis<br />
In memory of Keith Deaver<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Jacobson<br />
In memory of Bronno J. DeBoer<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Leon J. Demorest, Jr.<br />
Wayne J. Hood, Jr.<br />
In memory of Mildred ‘Milly’ M. Dikeman<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Yahnke<br />
In memory of Debra A. Dohve<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Davis<br />
Debra A. Dohve<br />
Trudy Kennedy<br />
Judy Kimbal<br />
Larry Seitz<br />
Ron Seitz<br />
Jerry Soffa<br />
Rod Soffa<br />
Steve Soffa<br />
In memory of Leona M. Dokkestul<br />
Jerome A. Dokkestul<br />
“My mother had a very<br />
grateful appreciation for the<br />
care she received for herself<br />
and her family by the medical<br />
staff at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran.<br />
She was cared for in her final<br />
days in the Hospice area of<br />
the hospital. I was with her<br />
in those final hours and will<br />
not forget the kindness,<br />
compassion and quality care<br />
she received there.”<br />
~ Sincerely, Marion Johnson<br />
In memory of Laurabelle M. Dorsey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Kremer<br />
In memory of Tom Dray<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James G. Larson<br />
In memory of Madelyn L. Dunham<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In memory of Michelle J. Durand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Durand<br />
In memory of Eugene & Nancy Edwards<br />
Scott A. Edwards<br />
In memory of Esther Einstoss<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Growt<br />
Arthur Hundt<br />
Steve & Jeanne Keyser<br />
In memory of Francis ‘Fritz’ A. Elsen<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
Mr. & Mrs. S. Michael Kilbey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James H. McGettigan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Meyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. <strong>We</strong>llems<br />
In memory of Thomas J. Elsen<br />
C. Martha Elsen<br />
In memory of Irma J. Engh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. <strong>We</strong>sley E. Bluske<br />
In memory of John H. & Nancy C. Englehorn<br />
Douglas B. & Cindy J. Puent<br />
In memory of Clare Edna Erickson<br />
La Mont J. & Lois M. Gilbertson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Gordon, Jr.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
Judy A. Holte<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David A. La Fond<br />
Nettie O. Mooney<br />
Grace Nordstrom<br />
Kathy L. Walters<br />
Jane E. Young<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bing G. Zillmer<br />
In memory of Thomas F. Ettner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Georgieff<br />
In memory of Arlene E. Everman<br />
Lois Everman<br />
In memory of Richard F. Fanta<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
In memory of Idella A. Farnam<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. Richard D. Galstad<br />
In memory of Jerome ‘Jerry’ B. Fetting<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Rude<br />
In memory of Carla A. Figgie<br />
Richard F. Figgie<br />
In memory of Richard D. Fish<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wittenberg<br />
In memory of Jacob ‘Jay’ K. Flury<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Becker<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Zurbriggen<br />
In memory of Alice Foley<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Lee B. Foley, Sr.<br />
Betty L. Brenegan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Gordon, Jr.<br />
Nettie O. Mooney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Yahnke<br />
In memory of Kathryn J. Ford<br />
James C. Ford<br />
In memory of Helen Marie Davidson Fortney<br />
Nanci J. Wuolle<br />
In memory of Shirl M. Fosler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Quackenbush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Romskog<br />
In memory of Mrs. Kevin ‘Claire’ Fostor<br />
Lincoln R. & Eileen M. Halvorson<br />
In memory of Mary A. French<br />
Susan C. Spears<br />
In memory of David Friend<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Brimer<br />
In memory of Adrian E. Fuchs<br />
Marion J. Fuchs<br />
In memory of Herbert E. Garbers<br />
Violet M. Garbers<br />
In memory of Richard ‘Dick’ A. Gasper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Buchan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene H. Dockweiler<br />
Gloria M. Freese<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Gallager<br />
June Gasper<br />
Loris B. Rustad<br />
of Caring<br />
www.gundluth.org/foundation 21<br />
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Expressions of Caring<br />
In memory of Kenneth Edwin Geary<br />
Joan Geary<br />
Lisa M. Ward<br />
In memory of George J. Geissler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Brimer<br />
In memory of Earl ‘Roger’ R. Genz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Balduzzi<br />
In memory of Kenneth ‘Kenny’ L. Georgens<br />
Patricia M. Georgens<br />
Major & Mrs. Jeremy O’Donnell<br />
In memory of Mary Louise Gerstner<br />
Elizabeth E. Hanson<br />
In memory of 68th birthday Carol D. Gerth<br />
Charles E. Gerth<br />
In memory of Carol D. Gerth<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Bradley<br />
Charles E. Gerth<br />
In memory of Delos E. Glick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold J. Breidel<br />
Ruth A. Breidel<br />
Patricia & Randal Craig<br />
In memory of Donald W. Goddard<br />
Johanna Goddard<br />
In memory of Gilbert Otto Graewin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Forer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Meyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lance L. Rickaway<br />
In memory of Darryl C. Graf<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred L. Graf<br />
In memory of Alphonsus Greene, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Ignatius F. Greene<br />
In memory of Emil Guenther<br />
Gladys M. Guenther<br />
In memory of Mrs. Tom Gull<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin H. Davis<br />
In memory of Elizabeth D. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Eunice H. Albrecht<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
Drs. Robert & Carole Edland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lance Fischer<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Marybeth B. Goodnough<br />
Mrs. Adolf L. <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Dr. Sigurd & Jean Ann <strong>Gundersen</strong>, III<br />
Pat & Joe Heim<br />
Betty F. Heuslein<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Monte Holman<br />
Pauline M. Jackson, MD<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Olson<br />
Dr. John A. Patterson & Linda Mast<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ramlow<br />
Richard T. Record<br />
Jean Sauer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Schilling<br />
Dolores A. Slungaard<br />
John R. Smale<br />
Beverly I. Stuhr<br />
In memory of Sigurd B. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, Sr., MD<br />
Dr. Sigurd B. <strong>Gundersen</strong>, Jr.<br />
In memory of Harland P. Gunderson<br />
Elaine B. Gunderson<br />
Beverly Kish & Family<br />
Diane E. Maertz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Schendel<br />
In memory of Mabel M. Haar<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. Swanell<br />
In memory of Maybelle Haas<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. <strong>We</strong>sterman<br />
In memory of Richard ‘Dick’ Hadrian<br />
Nettie O. Mooney<br />
In memory of Frank R. Haldorson<br />
Joyce R. Haldorson<br />
In memory of Pamella Halter<br />
James B. Halter<br />
In memory of Mark E. Handahl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan W. Severson<br />
In memory of Christopher ‘Rudy’ F. Hanifl<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Jeanette Harris<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Nursing <strong>We</strong>stern Campus<br />
In memory of William ‘Billy’ E. Harter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hepfel<br />
In memory of Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Hartigan<br />
Dr. J. Michael & Vicki Hartigan<br />
In memory of Alvin W. Hauke<br />
Barbara A. Hauke<br />
Thompson Animal Medical Center, Ltd.<br />
In memory of Lorraine A. Hauke<br />
LaVerne D. Bjerke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Clements<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Durand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory C. Engen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Erler<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Fuchsteiner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Graham<br />
Barbara A. Hauke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Iliff<br />
Jim Haas Associates, LLC<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Darvin G. Klatt<br />
Sarah J. Kopski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Malay<br />
Jerome J. Papacek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Schaller<br />
Wanda M. Spraggon<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Steidl<br />
Joseph H. Steidl<br />
Thompson Animal Medical Center, Ltd.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David <strong>We</strong>nger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Wylie<br />
In memory of Terry W. Hauser<br />
Beverly E. Mades<br />
In memory of Richard G. Hawkins, Sr.<br />
Mrs. David D. Baptie<br />
M. Jean Brindley<br />
Marjorie P. Collins<br />
Marian D. Ford<br />
Nancy L. Graham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Darrel A. Hosch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane A. Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald C. Klich<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David A. La Fond<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Leifeld<br />
Ruth A. Nixon-Davy<br />
Martha Jane O’Donnell<br />
J. C. Pfeiffer<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Ramlow<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Schlueter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Spencer<br />
In memory of Dr. Carlin K. Hayes<br />
Dunn County Human Services<br />
In memory of Patricia S. Heberlein<br />
Robert & Monta Clark<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Engh<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heath<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Hughes<br />
Frank & Trisha Perez-Guerra<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Truax<br />
In memory of Ardell E. Hegland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Germain A. Davison<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan D. Hegland<br />
Jean H. Hegland<br />
Charlotte A. Lemke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Schueler<br />
Dorothy M. Senn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry J. Sullivan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney A. Wilhelm<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Winsky<br />
Dianne K. Yezek<br />
In memory of Martin ‘Marty’ James Heimer<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Jerold ‘Jerry’ D. Helgerson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Oliver<br />
In memory of Mildred ‘Midge’ E. Hemstock<br />
Kirk E. Swenson & Marilee M.<br />
Hemstock-Swenson<br />
In memory of Lois M. Hendrickson<br />
Bud Hendrickson<br />
In memory of Helen J. Henry<br />
<strong>The</strong> Henry Family<br />
Wanita D. Fischer<br />
In memory of Gerald ‘Jerry’ A. Hermann<br />
Ann Hermann<br />
Irene Hermann<br />
John Hermann<br />
Mary Fleming<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott E. Johnstone<br />
Debra J. Manderfeld<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Roessler<br />
In memory of Orville D. Hesse<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Floyd Hibbard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wallace N. Pohl<br />
In memory of Henry Hoesley<br />
Olga Hoesley<br />
In memory of James Hohl<br />
Lois Slaback<br />
22 Gifts received between October 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009
In memory of<br />
Margaret ‘Petie’ Merman Holley<br />
Antique Study Group<br />
Marian D. Ford<br />
Mary M. Funk<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Gelatt<br />
Maria K. Holley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Lommen, Sr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Salem M. Markos, II<br />
William E. Meyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Newburg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Sherwood<br />
In memory of Richard L. Hollister<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Engh<br />
In memory of Beryl Jane Holloway<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Fedie<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Wayne G. Hopf<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Hugh ‘Joe’ J. Horsfall<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John O. Horsfall<br />
Jansky Printing, Inc.<br />
In memory of Edith ‘Dede’ Houdek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Kirchoff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Pangier<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Pangier<br />
In memory of Judith ‘Judy’ Hovey<br />
Gary L. Hovey<br />
In memory of Virginia Hubbard<br />
Cheryl R. Vieth<br />
In memory of Dorothy A. Huinker<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Richard S. Hulse, DDS<br />
Dr. Todd & Debra Mahr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Pinski<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Fred H. Ross<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Scheid<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Strand<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Zurbriggen<br />
In memory of Duwayne G. Hundt<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Zurbriggen<br />
In memory of Sisi Hutter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest S. Micek<br />
In memory of Harlan E. Jacobson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Brenegan<br />
In memory of Leslie ‘Les’ J. Jacobson<br />
Bions Service Center, Inc.<br />
Bob Kratochwill Insurance<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan E. Campbell<br />
Connie M. Cross<br />
Dr. Eva C. Dahl & Barry A. Blomquist<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Darling<br />
M. Arvid Ellefson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Ellingson<br />
Festival Foods - Sunshine Club<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Frost<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mervin J. Fruechte<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger W. Fruit<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles H. Hass<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hines<br />
Sandra L. Hoeth-Ludwigson<br />
International Motorwerks<br />
Ardis I. Jacobson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford H. Jacobson<br />
Jeneane M. Jacobson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Jacobson<br />
Jim Strait Used Cars<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Langen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Lesky<br />
Katherine A. Lyden<br />
MC Christianson Corp. (High Roller Skating)<br />
James D. McCormick<br />
Connie J. Noffke<br />
Marie A. Orcutt<br />
Dawn T. Pierce<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dale A. Proksch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Raatz<br />
Mrs. Vincent Schaller<br />
Karla M. Soland<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. Starkey<br />
Edith E. Syftestad<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Thomas<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Troyanek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Herman J. Troyanek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey D. Troyanek<br />
In memory of Orel Jacobson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Luella Edna Simonds Jakusz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Evenstad<br />
In memory of JuliaAnn ‘Julie’ H. Janzen<br />
Evelyn H. Olson<br />
Marcella L. Rediske<br />
In memory of Douglas Jefson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Jefson<br />
In memory of Dolores Jensen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Schultz<br />
In memory of Tena Mae Jertson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Buchan<br />
In memory of Catherine ‘Katie’ H. Johnson<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Cyrus O. Johnson, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Bohren<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Strand<br />
In memory of Lyle ‘Knute’ T. Johnson<br />
Nancy L. Graham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Subjek<br />
In memory of Michael A. Johnson<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Benacci<br />
Ellen V. Bluske<br />
Friends of Paula’s Purse<br />
Leta L. Johnson<br />
Kathleen J. Nevin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Richardson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Tracey<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Teresa Johnstone<br />
Johanna Goddard<br />
In memory of Archie E. Jorgenson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Mell<br />
In memory of Adelaide ‘Addie’ F. Jostad<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Hepfel<br />
In memory of Alice ‘Elaine’ E. Justin<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grosskopf, Sr.<br />
Donald A. Justin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Troy J. Nedegaard<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Preidel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Roesler<br />
In memory of John J. Kampa<br />
Reedy Concrete Construction, Inc.<br />
In memory of John W. Kappmeyer<br />
Mrs. John W. Kappmeyer<br />
In memory of Louis Karrib<br />
Harriet S. Karrib<br />
In memory of Thomas R. Keenan<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of 21st birthday<br />
Sara Anne Cherith Kerrigan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mikat, Anna & Lauren Mikat<br />
In memory of Sara Anne Cherith Kerrigan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Kerrigan<br />
In memory of Betty K. Kerska<br />
Kay & Stuart Getter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan K. Hanson<br />
Heather Olson<br />
Stacy L. Ostrem<br />
Kristi & Scott Peterson<br />
Tracy & Chad <strong>The</strong>len<br />
In memory of Marilyn Kever Phifer<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Sidney ‘Sid’ M. Kirchner<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Zerepha ‘Ree’ B. Kirkpatrick<br />
Dr. J. Michael & Vicki Hartigan<br />
In memory of Chris Kleven<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ellsworth A. Giese<br />
In memory of Fern E. (Isenmann) Knaak<br />
Duane Baeder<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. Boschert, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Carlson<br />
Shirley Clark<br />
Robert & Darlene Dayton<br />
<strong>We</strong>sley & Norma Denny<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Deters<br />
Kathy Dvorak<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Green<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Grenisen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Hartnett<br />
Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Company<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Houlihan<br />
Tom & Roz Hundt<br />
Carl & Fran Johnson<br />
Judy L. Kirkpatrick<br />
Gregory J. McCabe<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L. McFadden<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Monge<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David Morris<br />
Bonnie & Steve Murray<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Nicks<br />
Jerome J. Papacek<br />
Eleanor M. Proksch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Quinn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Schlueter<br />
Philip & Rebecca Schumacher<br />
Mike & Kathy Sevalius<br />
Rosemary Stalsberg<br />
State Bank Financial<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Stendalen<br />
David W. Swanke & Donna M. Berry-Swanke<br />
Michael & Robyn Tanke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Wagoner<br />
Dan Wateski<br />
In memory of James F. Knapp, MD<br />
Dr. David & Jo Ellen Hartman<br />
In memory of Carl W. Knoll<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Adella F. Knudson<br />
Barbara & James Clappier<br />
In memory of Orin Knutson<br />
Davana C. Lee<br />
In memory of Dar Koch<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Jon J. Havenstrite<br />
of Caring<br />
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Expressions of Caring<br />
In memory of Kenneth E. Kolb, Jr., MD<br />
Drs. Robb E. Kline & Kelly E. Hodgson Kline<br />
In memory of Robert Konter<br />
James W. Konter<br />
In memory of Raymond W. Korn<br />
Charles & Rosemarie Link<br />
In memory of Karen A. Korpal<br />
Tom & Diane Neefe<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lon R. Ziehm<br />
In memory of Barbara ‘Bobbie’ E. Kostecki<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kostecki<br />
In memory of June Krebs<br />
George C. Krebs<br />
James & Rebecca Naugler<br />
In memory of Joan Deva Krenz<br />
Friends & Family of Joan Krenz<br />
Richard J. Krenz<br />
Thomas Krenz<br />
In memory of David J. Krett<br />
Emma Krett<br />
In memory of Sonny Krivacek<br />
Violet Krivacek<br />
In memory of Helen E. Krueger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lance Fischer<br />
In memory of Daniel F. Kruse<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Campbell<br />
In memory of Walter J. Kubik<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Laura Frances Kuehl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Hooverson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Schipper<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brant D. Sommerville<br />
Arlene M. Wiese<br />
In memory of Thomas Kuehn<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Paul L. Kueter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Gordon, Jr.<br />
In memory of Clayton Allen Lambert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roy M. Hesselberg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. O. Manley Kirkeeng<br />
Betty Ann* & Don Mac Phetridge<br />
In memory of Dale ‘Landy’ Landercasper<br />
Janette Dawson<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Kathleen A. & Thomas G. Frisby<br />
Tom & Kathy Frisby<br />
Jeannette M. Gasal Spilde, MD &<br />
Steven L. Spilde<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Credit Union<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran General Surgery<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Hennessy<br />
Jeanne M. Johnson, MD<br />
Roger & Johanna Hargreaves Kwong<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gale F. Lambert<br />
Kristen Marcou<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Reider<br />
Sue Schmitt<br />
Kathy A. Steinke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. <strong>The</strong>ede<br />
Tom & Peggy Trudeau<br />
Eileen Williams<br />
In memory of Anna Mae Landsgard<br />
Emery C. Landsgard<br />
In memory of<br />
Dolores ‘Dolly’ Louise Langhofer<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Caroline R. Langowski<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
In memory of Mary Louise (Noelke) Larkin<br />
Thomas M. Larkin<br />
In memory of Edward A. Larson<br />
Helen Benzine<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt P. Larson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Rozinski<br />
In memory of Olive Larson<br />
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration<br />
In memory of Linda H. Lasko<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Jeanette Lawrie<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Darrel Lee<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Hazel Marie Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tilford A. Bagstad<br />
In memory of Marvin M. Lee<br />
Connie La Von Lee<br />
Mrs. Marvin M. Lee<br />
In memory of Julius & Marcella Lehmann<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Merrill & Jake<br />
In memory of Lorraine M. Lehrke<br />
Mrs. Robert Kabat<br />
In memory of Patricia ‘Pat’ E. LeMay<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
In memory of Dorothy E. Mundt Lewis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Albert C. Becker<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
Violet G. <strong>We</strong>iss<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Shawn D. <strong>We</strong>rner<br />
In memory of Imogene A. Lindesmith<br />
Lisa A. Lindesmith, DVM<br />
In memory of Allen B. Lium<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Rude<br />
In memory of Gavin R. Lola<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Engh<br />
Anne M. Grayson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Justus<br />
In memory of Ovida M. Lorenz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Jacobs<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Clay LaBrec<br />
In memory of Gary C. Loss<br />
Ann F. Loss<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Yahnke<br />
In memory of Donald Luce<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Betty Ann Mac Phetridge<br />
Don Mac Phetridge<br />
In memory of Ruth E. MacDonald<br />
Rev. & Mrs. Allen B. Birchler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Fisher<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Burleigh A. Randolph<br />
Eleanor Troutfetter<br />
In memory of Joyce E. Mades<br />
Forrest H. Mades<br />
In memory of Kaitlin E. Mahr<br />
Keren L. Prombaum & Rabbi Saul L. Simcha<br />
In memory of Jeffrey F. Manske<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Henry N. Aronson<br />
Malita E. Raymond<br />
In memory of <strong>The</strong>o M. Marshall<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Richard J. Mathison<br />
Eleanor G. Ekern<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
In memory of Charles F. Mathy<br />
Peter J. & Krin E. Krause<br />
In memory of Elaine M. Mavrantonis<br />
Robert & Monta Clark<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Engh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Heath<br />
Renee D. Hess<br />
Frank & Trisha Perez-Guerra<br />
In memory of Joan M. McHugh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Nost<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John Nost<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Stark<br />
In memory of Natalie Mertes<br />
Carol & Rodger Schomberg<br />
In memory of Ronald V. Meyer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harold F. Nelson<br />
In memory of Debra Mickelson<br />
Geraldine M. Schaal<br />
In memory of Rueben ‘Mitch’ J. Mickschl<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick A. Mickschl<br />
In memory of Loralie ‘Lori’ L. Miles<br />
Dolly D. Ozburn<br />
Patricia M. Ristow<br />
In memory of Helen Miller<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lavon Guist<br />
In memory of Bernie Mittelstaedt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allan O. Ohm<br />
In memory of Beverly Mlsna<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David F. Mlsna<br />
In memory of Lola C. Mohr<br />
Holly A. Mohr<br />
In memory of Cory Scott Monti<br />
Peter J. Levonian & Betsy Levonian Morgan<br />
In memory of Jerome ‘Jerry’ T. Morrison<br />
Deb Anderson<br />
Kathy Brudos<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Tom & Kathy Frisby<br />
Jeannette M. Gasal Spilde, MD &<br />
Steven L. Spilde<br />
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continued…<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Hennessy<br />
Deb Heyroth<br />
Jeanne M. Johnson, MD<br />
Roger & Johanna Hargreaves Kwong<br />
Kristen Marcou<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Ostern<br />
Pet <strong>The</strong>rapy Staff<br />
Toni Peters<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Reider<br />
Kathy A. Steinke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. <strong>The</strong>ede<br />
In memory of Shelby J. Mundt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin G. Meyer<br />
In memory of Lois J. Murchie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Patricia ‘Pat’ M. Murphy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Durand<br />
In memory of Paul A. Mutch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Mutch<br />
In memory of Marjorie J. Myhre<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Allan O. Ohm<br />
In memory of Harold G. Nelson<br />
Elaine M. Nelson<br />
In memory of James David Nelson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Wilson<br />
In memory of Joan Nelson<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Myron Stanley Nestingen<br />
Edna Nestingen<br />
In memory of Carl F. Nichols<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Halvorson<br />
In memory of Jackie Niehaus<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Arlys Noben<br />
Shirley M. Hanan<br />
In memory of<br />
Irene Marie (Kubal) Noelke-Satory<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Kramer<br />
In memory of Thomas Norris, MD<br />
Sander M. Johnson, MD<br />
In memory of Lucille Norton<br />
Dr. J. Michael & Vicki Hartigan<br />
In memory of Robert ‘Bob’ Numsen<br />
Dian Numsen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene E. Powell<br />
In memory of John A. Nutt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Anderson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Campbell<br />
John L. Cramer<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Kastantin<br />
John A. Nutt<br />
In memory of Clara Ohm<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Patricia M. Oliver<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Darin K. Berg<br />
In memory of Beverly Olson<br />
Patricia A. Seubert<br />
In memory of Curtis R. Olson<br />
Eleanor G. Ekern<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Lubeck<br />
Mrs. Curtis R. Olson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sesvold<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
In memory of Robert Leonard Ortloff<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lance Fischer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lester M. Helgeson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth D. Meyer<br />
Debra S. Rislow<br />
In memory of Ernest & Barb Ovestrud<br />
Palmer K. Ovestrud<br />
In memory of Max Paine<br />
Lora A. Kuecker<br />
In memory of William ‘Bill’ J. Panka<br />
Norma J. Panka<br />
In memory of Ralph J. Pape<br />
Bridge Club Friends<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Brubaker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Roger J. Cerutti<br />
Barbara & James Clappier<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. Davy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Gordon, Jr.<br />
Herb & Barbara Heili<br />
Dr. Michael H. & Carol A. Mader<br />
Nettie O. Mooney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Travis H. Sacia<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Sacia<br />
In memory of Jerry Parkos<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Gensmer<br />
In memory of David L. Parr<br />
Joan M. Parr<br />
In memory of Tyra L. Parsneau<br />
Daniel G. Bakkestuen & Rochelle A. Rusch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Covey<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Freedland<br />
Friends & Loved Ones CMN<br />
Glenn R. Green & Pamela J. Pager-Green<br />
Jacqueline Moriarity<br />
Donna M. Pedretti<br />
Gloria J. Pralle<br />
Nancy E. Reithel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gene A. Ringleman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan D. Shepherd<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester J. Strasser<br />
Mrs. Victor R. Zahn<br />
In memory of Tom Pauly, MD<br />
Dee Paque’<br />
In memory of Sarah ‘Sally’ (Hyde) Pearse<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
In memory of Fern F. Pearson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ervin T. Bauer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randy Brommer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Ganz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Gerstl<br />
Fern F. Pearson<br />
In memory of David E. Peterson<br />
Mrs. Ernest P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Patricia Eloise Peterson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Alberts<br />
Lindsey M. Bakel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack H. Benning<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis L. Borchert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Brose<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Brubaker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Willard Carlow<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Comeau<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Darling<br />
Jean A. Davis<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Marcus C. Doolittle, Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Engen<br />
Donald S. Fitterer & Jacquelyn M. French<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Veryel D. Gerdl<br />
Dalton G. Goss<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan W. Hein, Jr.<br />
Interior <strong>System</strong>s International<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lester J. Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred A. Knorr<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Kramer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven N. Lundsten<br />
Dr. Michael H. & Carol A. Mader<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Mutch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Nelson<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David D. Norenberg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. Osley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dale M. Peterson<br />
Donald D. & Carol J. Peterson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Warren G. Peterson<br />
Mary K. Powell<br />
Jean Sauer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Schmitt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Soldner<br />
Sparta High School Class of 1946<br />
Johanna Speropulos<br />
Mrs. Willard W. <strong>We</strong>bb<br />
Patricia A. Yanke-Ruda<br />
Nancy J. Zielke<br />
In memory of Alice M. Pfaff<br />
Beverly E. Mades<br />
In memory of Arleigh R. Pfaff, Sr.<br />
Jean Sterling<br />
In memory of Ramona F. Pfaff<br />
Jean Sterling<br />
In memory of Barbara Ann Pfennig<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Darling<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford C. Johnson<br />
Doris C. Roesler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Schultz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Smolek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Tanke<br />
Trane Company<br />
In memory of Claudine Phillipps<br />
Stacey L. Connaughton, MD<br />
In memory of Wilson ‘Wil’ R. Pieper<br />
Donald & Caroline Pieper<br />
In memory of Dorothy C. Pierce<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
Charles & Rosemarie Link<br />
In memory of G. Helen Pierce<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Johnson<br />
In memory of John A. Poellinger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Albrecht<br />
M. Jean Brindley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Buchan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard A. Buehler<br />
Interior <strong>System</strong>s International<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack J. Jansky<br />
Mrs. Robert Kabat<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Mertes<br />
Wanda & Burton Nelson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Poellinger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Reinhart<br />
John R. Smale<br />
In memory of Lucille M. Popple<br />
Dennis Popple<br />
In memory of Cletus ‘Gene’ E. Prieur<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane L. Hammer<br />
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Expressions of Caring<br />
In memory of Mason Ward, Jr.,<br />
Frieda Mae, Lucille Dorothy &<br />
Lorretta Norma Quackenbush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mason W. Quackenbush<br />
In memory of Dorothy A. Radaich<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of James R. Ramsey<br />
Carol R.Ramsey<br />
In memory of Edward Range<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Becky Reichman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Garves<br />
In memory of Joyce G. Richter<br />
Geraldine T. Heilman<br />
In memory of Edith Ring<br />
Susan G. Ring<br />
In memory of Louis & Rosella Rinn<br />
Diane D. Rinn<br />
In memory of Dennis L. Rivers<br />
Susanne Rivers<br />
In memory of Merlin H. Rix<br />
Phyllis C. Rix<br />
In memory of Margaret Robinson<br />
Beverly Robinson<br />
In memory of Gladys H. Roen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David T. Rude<br />
In memory of Donald ‘Don’ J. Roesler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Herlitzke<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Salem M. Markos, II<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Roesler<br />
Rosella Roesler<br />
In memory of Francis Rogness Jr.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James F. Czechowicz<br />
In memory of John A. Rohrer<br />
Elaine M. Rohrer<br />
In memory of Marlys Roisum<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Gladys E. Rose<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven L. Shaker<br />
In memory of Kenneth ‘Kenny’ D. Rostad<br />
Mireille A. Rostad<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Rostad<br />
In memory of Ophelia G. Rotering<br />
Henry Rotering<br />
In memory of Esther H. Rowekamp<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Don P. Rundle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Engstrom<br />
In memory of Donald Leroy Runice<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Allan H. Rusch<br />
Phyllis E. Rusch<br />
In memory of Audrey Rusch<br />
Irwin L. Rusch<br />
In memory of Esther M. Ruud<br />
Jane Ayalin<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Brose<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. Casper<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Kenda K. Lisney<br />
Patricia A. McCormick<br />
Carol Noonan<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. John J. Perlich<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Elenore M. Sagehorn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Geier<br />
In memory of Phyllis M. Saley<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duke Henthorne<br />
In memory of Vivian M. Salsman<br />
John J. Salsman<br />
In memory of Roger C. Sands<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Clements<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Elizabeth Sather<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
In memory of Armand ‘Ham’ R. Schaller<br />
Jeanette S. Schaller<br />
In memory of Judith ‘Judy’ R. Schaller<br />
Eugene M. Schaller<br />
In memory of Donna Schara<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of John E. Schmidt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wittenberg<br />
In memory of Raymond G. Schoen<br />
Mary Lou & Kenneth Balts<br />
In memory of Donald W. Schoenfeld<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Fothergill<br />
In memory of Regina ‘Ricky’ A. Schomburg<br />
Olene S. Ristow<br />
Lynda C. Smith<br />
In memory of<br />
Mary Louise ‘Mary Lou’ L. Schroeder<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Born<br />
In memory of <strong>We</strong>sley L. Schuppel<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Engelien<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
Jeanne R. Kaminski<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Robert Schuster<br />
Dr. & Mrs. David E. Palm<br />
In memory of John ‘Jack’ Joseph Schwem<br />
Dr. R. M. & Fe Abellera<br />
Mrs. Marcus Q. Arneson<br />
Dr. Mark V. & Jeanne Connelly<br />
Jack & Rosie Glendenning<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Media Dept.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Harman<br />
Pat & Joe Heim<br />
Jim & Ellen Heinecke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Monte Holman<br />
Pauline M. Jackson, MD<br />
Charles & Rosemarie Link<br />
Barbara & Kermit Newcomer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Padesky<br />
Mary Ellen & Ron Pitz<br />
Donna M. Proudfit<br />
Philip & Rebecca Schumacher<br />
Marti Schwem<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Strand<br />
Michael & Robyn Tanke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. D. Eric Wheeler<br />
In memory of Pamela A. Sebranek<br />
Custom Air Photo, Inc.<br />
In memory of Martha E. Sender<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Bromley<br />
In memory of Eric Server<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Sesvold<br />
In memory of Thomas ‘Tom’ Karl Severson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Quackenbush<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mason W. Quackenbush<br />
In memory of Bessie G. Shelmidine<br />
Mary D. Freeman<br />
Irene Hammes<br />
In memory of Lucien ‘Lon’ R. Sicotte<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Patros<br />
In memory of Donald F. Sieger<br />
Susan M. Sieger<br />
In memory of Charlene D. Simenson<br />
Gary L. Simenson<br />
In memory of Harold A. Skroch Sr.<br />
Jill M. Barrientos<br />
Cytec Engineered Materials<br />
Laura & Darrell Faber<br />
Jim Haas Associates, LLC<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert O. Jonsgaard<br />
Shirley Skroch<br />
In memory of Rolv K. Slungaard, MD<br />
Dolores A. Slungaard<br />
In memory of Lloyd Marvin Smaby<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. Richard D. Galstad<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory H. Sacia<br />
In memory of Joyce A. Smale<br />
John R. Smale<br />
In memory of Larry Smith<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Paul C. Smith<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian P. Anderson<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark M. Holtrop<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Nutt<br />
Regional Administration & Managers<br />
In memory of James Sorensen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald R. Garves<br />
In memory of Scott J. Sprtel, MD<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. Sprtel<br />
In memory of Fred Spuhler<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In memory of Jack Standefer<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Ophthalmology/<br />
Optometry Dept.<br />
In memory of Mary C. Stanley<br />
Shirley E. Stetzer<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Willenberg<br />
In memory of Isiah Stanton<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Taylor<br />
In memory of Bruce H. Staples<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence F. Staples<br />
In memory of Howard R. Steenberg<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Duane S. Dreves<br />
In memory of Edward ‘Ed’ O. Stockheimer<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Marjorie Laura Stokman<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Willard H. Wiegrefe<br />
In memory of Donald Robert Stolfuss<br />
Peggy J. Hefti<br />
In memory of Mary Stoltz<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
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In memory of Thomas D. Stone<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Lorna Mae Strong<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Brose<br />
French Island Lions Club, Inc.<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James Kremer<br />
Debbie & Jim Kroner<br />
Kathryn Swanson<br />
Lisa Wolf<br />
In memory of Jane B. Stuckert<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Gannett<br />
In memory of Fern Sturgis<br />
Margaret L. Lindahl<br />
In memory of <strong>The</strong>odore ‘Teo’ R. Sutton, Jr.<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In memory of Keith E. Szymkowiak<br />
Krista Pollock<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur C. Strom<br />
In memory of Tina A. Tangen<br />
Dennis & Mary Bilen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce W. Ranis<br />
In memory of John A. Temple<br />
Dr. Gregory & Kathi A. Fischer, Esq.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Havens<br />
In memory of Thomas J. <strong>The</strong>sing<br />
Mr. & Mrs. O. Manley Kirkeeng<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Meyer<br />
In memory of Herman A. Thiede<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
Marilyn E. Trisch<br />
In memory of Keith Thrune<br />
Kay E. Thrune<br />
In memory of Eleanor G. Thulin<br />
Dr. Leah Reimann<br />
In memory of Andrew B. Tieskotter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lee A. Gebel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Juel N. Knutson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Rasing<br />
In memory of Robert ‘Bob’ E. Tollefson, Sr.<br />
Harriet Farrell<br />
In memory of Paula Jean Tower<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Padley<br />
In memory of Rita R. Tranberg<br />
Friends & Family of Rita Tranberg<br />
In memory of Jacob James Trannel<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Benacci<br />
Kerry L. Redfearn & Nicole M. Williams<br />
In memory of Winifred Triemstra<br />
Jerry & Marilyn Arndt<br />
In memory of Melissa ‘Mitzi’ B. Troke<br />
Dorothy L. Anderson<br />
In memory of Dee Trowbridge<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Arden F. Unnasch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lyle P. Peterson<br />
In memory of Raymond ‘Ray’ E. Urbick<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Stenslien<br />
In memory of Sandra E. Vance<br />
Ruth & George Barton<br />
In memory of John F. Vancil<br />
Oral K. Vancil<br />
In memory of Gordon R. Vick<br />
Gloria M. Vick<br />
In memory of Robert C. Voight<br />
Jo Voight<br />
In memory of Edwin Walker<br />
Friends & Loved Ones<br />
In memory of Johnny Wallace<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Deml<br />
In memory of Madeline ‘Matt’ E. Wallace<br />
Luther M. Strasburg<br />
In memory of Gene E. Walter<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Endrocrinology &<br />
Diabetes Education<br />
In memory of Alvin J. Walters<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wittenberg<br />
In memory of Jeff Ward<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Zurbriggen<br />
In memory of Elaine M. <strong>We</strong>isbecker<br />
Richard T. <strong>We</strong>isbecker<br />
In memory of Robert ‘Bob’ George <strong>We</strong>iske<br />
Hospice of Havasu, Inc.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Lester G. Knudtson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl O. Lenser<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Patsch<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Peterson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent T. Riley<br />
Frances I. Rouse<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. <strong>We</strong>sterman<br />
In memory of Letty Lynn <strong>We</strong>the<br />
Carolyn B. Anderson<br />
In memory of Landon A. <strong>We</strong>ttstein<br />
Marie <strong>We</strong>ttstein<br />
In memory of Sandra Whiteley<br />
David L. Whiteley<br />
In memory of Marion Jones Whiteway<br />
Marian D. Ford<br />
Ruth A. Nixon-Davy<br />
Martha Jane O’Donnell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Temte<br />
Dr. & Mrs. John Turnbull<br />
In memory of Robert E. Whiteway, MD<br />
Marian D. Ford<br />
In memory of Norlin Roland Wicklund<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Dyrhaug<br />
Gloria M. Freese<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable & Mrs. Richard D. Galstad<br />
Gloria Leisgang<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Poellinger<br />
Shirley E. Stetzer<br />
Myrt Wicklund<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Willenberg<br />
In memory of Elmer E. Wilber<br />
Merna A. Wilber<br />
In memory of Merrick S. Wing<br />
Elizabeth B. Wing<br />
In memory of Joan G. Winkler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Cafe<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. DiNicola<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Le Roy E. Hougom, Sr.<br />
In memory of Jared Withrow<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Zenker<br />
In memory of Ralph C. Witt<br />
Edith E. Witt<br />
“Dear Children’s Miracle<br />
Network, please accept<br />
my gift for the Network.<br />
Twelve years ago, on a snowy<br />
January night, my daughter<br />
was rushed to the <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran NICU by ambulance.<br />
She received wonderful care by<br />
the nurses and Dr. Thompson.<br />
Through the kindness and<br />
generosity of the Children’s<br />
Miracle Network, my husband<br />
and I were given money to<br />
buy food while we prayed<br />
and waited for her recovery.<br />
I have never forgotten the<br />
kindness that we received that<br />
night, and although it is well<br />
overdue, I would like to repay<br />
that gift with another.”<br />
~ Sincerely, Nancy Henckel<br />
In memory of Lauritz ‘Sonny’<br />
George Wittenberg<br />
Lois M. Johnson<br />
In memory of Beth K. Wood<br />
Kathy & Ken Greene<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Lab Dept.<br />
In memory of Beverly J. Yahnke<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Fredrick ‘Fred’ G. Zabel<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Administration<br />
In memory of Harvey W. Zemple<br />
Darlene Zemple<br />
In memory of Ricky J. Ziegler<br />
Beatrice Schmitz<br />
In memory of Clifford J. Ziel<br />
Marie F. Ziel<br />
In memory of Kathy Zimmerman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Blanchard<br />
In memory of Otto E. Zimmerman<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard J. Beranek<br />
Margaret R. Draak<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Keith R. Krause<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce A. Robertson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. August Zimmerman<br />
Patricia M. Zimmerman<br />
Phillis Zimmerman<br />
In memory of Edward Zinke<br />
Mark & Debra Bronson<br />
of Caring<br />
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Expressions
Make a Difference — Make a Gift<br />
Heritage Society<br />
For people and organizations who want to make<br />
a difference in the health of our communities,<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation offers a vast<br />
umbrella of philanthropic opportunities. Each gift, no<br />
matter the size, makes you a valued partner in creating a<br />
better future for those we serve.<br />
Gifts may be designated to a specific area of interest,<br />
whether it’s in supporting first-rate medical education<br />
programs, advancing knowledge through research, or<br />
building healthier communities. If you prefer, choose<br />
to make a general gift that may be directed to areas of<br />
greatest need.<br />
Pathfinders readers may be inspired to support one<br />
or more of the hard-working funds we’ve highlighted<br />
in this issue. It is as easy and convenient as using the<br />
enclosed gift envelope, or visiting us online at gundluth.<br />
org/foundation. Our donors can always be assured that the<br />
guidelines they establish will be honored completely.<br />
Each year, the Foundation invites our community to<br />
participate in giving at any level, in any of the following<br />
Heritage Society categories:<br />
Friends $1–199<br />
Advocates $200–499<br />
Associates $500–999<br />
Benefactors $1,000–1,499<br />
Pacesetters $1,500–2,499<br />
Trustees $2,500–4,999<br />
Visionaries $5,000–9,999<br />
Circle of Excellence<br />
$10,000 and above<br />
As an annual giving program, the Heritage Society<br />
recognizes total gifts within a calendar year. Donors<br />
whose cumulative gifts totaled $200 or more between<br />
January 1 and December 31, 2008, will be honored at the<br />
Foundation’s annual Heritage Celebration, to be held this<br />
year on April 22, 23, 24, 2009.<br />
Economic uncertainty gives us all the more reason to<br />
take stock of what is essential in life, to re-evaluate priorities<br />
and renew our commitment to those things we value<br />
most. Together, united by inspired giving, we can ensure<br />
the quality healthcare our patients expect and deserve.<br />
Giving brings communities together, especially in<br />
trying economic times. <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical<br />
Foundation offers many avenues for giving and is<br />
available to assist donors in their strategic gift<br />
planning. <strong>We</strong> invite you to contact our Foundation<br />
staff at 608-775-6600 or 800-362-9567, ext. 56600,<br />
to explore these or other gift arrangements.<br />
Direct Gifts<br />
<strong>The</strong> most popular form is cash or checks, but real<br />
estate, life insurance or stocks and bonds can also be<br />
gifted directly.<br />
Tributes & Memorials<br />
Gifts to commemorate loved ones on a special occasion<br />
can be a meaningful reminder to those who care.<br />
Charitable Bequests<br />
With advance planning, your will can continue to<br />
provide support for your favorite charitable causes.<br />
Life Income Gifts<br />
For those who wish to avoid capital gains and estate<br />
taxes, a Charitable Gift Annuity can offer significant<br />
benefits for both giver and recipient.<br />
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Children with Listening Disabilities<br />
Is it a hearing problem?<br />
Or something else?<br />
For over 20 years, <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran audiologist David Palm,<br />
PhD, and speech language pathologist<br />
David Hartman, PhD, BC-NCD (A), have<br />
been interested in children who are<br />
not doing well in school and referred<br />
for hearing testing because teachers<br />
and pediatricians suspected a hearing<br />
impairment.<br />
Through a series of tests, Dr. Palm<br />
was able to determine that while some<br />
children have problems with hearing,<br />
others have trouble processing in their<br />
brains what their ears could hear. <strong>The</strong><br />
reasons for this were multiple:<br />
• background noise interfering with<br />
the child’s being able to interpret<br />
the desired sound;<br />
• poor language skills, making<br />
understanding of input difficult or<br />
impossible;<br />
• trouble attending to what<br />
they hear (Attention Deficient<br />
Hyperactivity Disorder); and<br />
• poor motivation to listen because<br />
they find it so difficult to process<br />
what they hear.<br />
Through collaboration with<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran’s Comprehensive<br />
Child Care Center (CCCC), causative<br />
factors could be determined. As a result<br />
of Dr. Palm and Dr. Hartman’s research,<br />
a diagnostic protocol was developed to<br />
be linked with <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran’s<br />
CCCC, which has access to medical<br />
center behavioral health specialists,<br />
speech/language experts, and medical<br />
education specialists. <strong>The</strong>se specialists<br />
are called upon to solve the mystery<br />
and fully address the root cause of a<br />
child’s disability.<br />
Members of the experienced team that offers<br />
treatment include Dr. Palm (retired), Dr. Hartman,<br />
Dr. Debbie Olufs, Dr. Diane Perrone and Ms. Julie Wise.<br />
MedWatch is published bi-monthly by<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation.<br />
Editor: A. Erik <strong>Gundersen</strong>, MD,<br />
Vice Chairman.<br />
Donor Bill of Rights<br />
PHILANTHROPY is based on<br />
voluntary action for the common<br />
good. It is a tradition of giving and<br />
sharing that is primary to the quality<br />
of life. To assure that philanthropy<br />
merits the respect and trust of the<br />
general public, and that donors can<br />
have full confidence in the not-forprofit<br />
organizations and causes they<br />
are asked to support, we declare that<br />
all donors have these rights<br />
I. To be informed of the<br />
organization’s mission, of the way the<br />
organization intends to use donated<br />
resources, and of its capacity to<br />
use donations effectively for their<br />
intended purposes.<br />
II. To be informed of the identity of<br />
those serving on the organization’s<br />
governing board, and to expect the<br />
board to exercise prudent judgment in<br />
its stewardship responsibilities.<br />
III. To have access to the<br />
organization’s most recent financial<br />
statements.<br />
IV. To be assured their gifts will be<br />
used for the purposes for which they<br />
were given.<br />
V. To receive appropriate<br />
acknowledgement and recognition.<br />
VI. To be assured that information<br />
about their donations is handled with<br />
respect and with confidentiality to the<br />
extend provided by law.<br />
VII. To expect that all relationships<br />
with individuals representing<br />
organizations of interest to the donor<br />
will be professional in nature.<br />
VIII. To be informed whether those<br />
seeking donations are volunteers,<br />
employees of the organization or<br />
hired solicitors.<br />
IX. To have the opportunity for their<br />
names to be deleted from mailing<br />
lists that an organization may intend<br />
to share.<br />
X. To feel free to ask questions when<br />
making a donation and to receive<br />
prompt, truthful and forthright<br />
answers.<br />
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Happenings<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation at work<br />
Meet Our Research<br />
Scientists<br />
An open house is being planned<br />
as a unique opportunity to<br />
learn more about the growing<br />
volume of basic science research<br />
supported by <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation. Founded in<br />
1988, the Microbiology Research<br />
Laboratory, led by Steve Callister,<br />
PhD, has consistently produced<br />
innovative basic research that has<br />
resulted in over 100 scientific<br />
publications, several patents and<br />
successful commercial applications,<br />
and significant government<br />
and commercial research and<br />
development funds.<br />
In part due to this remarkable<br />
track record, the Foundation recently<br />
increased their research commitment<br />
by establishing an additional<br />
laboratory dedicated to basic science<br />
studies that specifically concern<br />
blood and solid tumor cancers. <strong>The</strong><br />
Hematology/Oncology Research<br />
Laboratory will be directed by<br />
Carl Simon Shelley, DPhil, who<br />
Pictured above, L–R: Steve Callister, PhD<br />
and Carl Simon Shelley, DPhil. Join the<br />
doctors in June for an open house in the<br />
Microbiology Research Laboratory.<br />
was most recently a scientist at<br />
Massachusetts General Hospital in<br />
Boston. Dr. Shelley is most interested<br />
in studies aimed at increasing our<br />
understanding of cellular processes<br />
during various cancers and<br />
identifying potential new diagnostic<br />
and therapeutic targets.<br />
A Grand Vision for<br />
a Grand Space<br />
<strong>The</strong>resa Besse, interior design<br />
coordinator for <strong>Gundersen</strong><br />
Lutheran’s facility operations<br />
department, recently approached the<br />
Foundation with a special request.<br />
Her vision for the new La Crosse<br />
Clinic entrance and lobby atrium<br />
includes the addition of a baby grand<br />
Foundation friends are cordially<br />
invited to meet these talented<br />
research scientists and their staff<br />
on June 5, from 3–6:30pm, at the<br />
La Crosse <strong>Health</strong> Science Center,<br />
1300 Badger Street. <strong>We</strong> hope you can<br />
attend and learn more about these<br />
exciting endeavors and also tour<br />
the research facilities. For further<br />
information, contact the Foundation<br />
office at 608-775-6605.<br />
piano. “Music has healing properties,<br />
so we’d like to encourage the use of<br />
all five senses to enhance our healing<br />
environment,” says Besse about<br />
her proposed “Music is Medicine”<br />
program. Her wish for the ideal piano<br />
would be a wood finish (not black)<br />
baby grand with built in player piano<br />
for times when no one is performing.<br />
If you have an interest in fulfilling<br />
this wish, contact Phil Schumacher at<br />
(608) 775-6600.<br />
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Internal Medicine Residency Director Steven B. Pearson, MD, has been named Governor<br />
of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Physicians, a singular honor for both<br />
Dr. Pearson and <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran. <strong>The</strong> Foundation’s Internal Medicine<br />
»<br />
Residency<br />
Program currently has more residents enrolled (25) than at any time in our history.<br />
Dedication Event Celebrates<br />
William and Ann Barney<br />
<strong>The</strong> outstanding generosity of local philanthropists<br />
William and Ann Barney was recognized<br />
on November 23, 2008, during a special ceremony in<br />
the newly renovated quarters of <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
Medical Foundation. Family and friends gathered for<br />
the formal dedication of the William A. and Ann C.<br />
Barney Board Room, a state-of-the-art conference<br />
space made possible through a gift from the Barneys,<br />
both longtime Foundation volunteers and benefactors.<br />
“Bill and Ann are truly part of our fabric,” says Mark<br />
V. Connelly, MD, chairman of the Foundation Board.<br />
“Of all their gifts and good deeds, I believe this board<br />
room best represents their role with this medical center<br />
and our Foundation.”<br />
In 1972, Bill Barney became one of two lay<br />
trustees to join the Foundation Board. He served two<br />
terms, then returned to the Board and became vicepresident,<br />
and then chairman. That commitment,<br />
vision and leadership is reflected in the purpose of<br />
the extraordinary board room named in the Barney’s<br />
honor. Centrally located, serving the needs of both the<br />
system and the Foundation, the Barney Board Room<br />
includes advanced media capabilities designed to bring<br />
people together, from around the region or around the<br />
world. <strong>The</strong> Foundation is most grateful for the Barney’s<br />
generosity and friendship.<br />
It’s official! Ann and William Barney are greeted by Dr. Mark<br />
Connelly at the dedication of the new Barney Board Room.<br />
Strategic Expansion for Medical<br />
Education Programs<br />
<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation continues<br />
to demonstrate a commitment to the healthcare<br />
needs of our region, and our country, through expanded<br />
medical education offerings. Two <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
physicians are actively involved in development of the<br />
Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine (WARM), a<br />
new and innovative program to encourage graduates of<br />
the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and<br />
Public <strong>Health</strong> to practice in rural areas of our state.<br />
David H. Chestnut, MD, the Foundation’s Director<br />
of Medical Education, and Kim Lansing, MD, PhD,<br />
a <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran family medicine specialist,<br />
have provided exceptional leadership in this statewide<br />
effort. “<strong>The</strong> WARM Program is designed to address<br />
the profound shortage and maldistribution of physicians<br />
that affects rural Wisconsin,” says Dr. Chestnut.<br />
“Students admitted to the WARM Program must be<br />
Wisconsin residents who have a demonstrated interest<br />
in—and commitment to—the practice of medicine in<br />
rural Wisconsin.”<br />
Potential rural sites for WARM undergraduate<br />
student rotations are currently being evaluated. After<br />
years of planning and preparation, it is expected that<br />
the first cohort of eight (8) WARM students will begin<br />
their clinical clerkship training at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
in July, 2010.<br />
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Nonprofit Organization<br />
U.S. Postage<br />
P A I D<br />
La Crosse, WI<br />
Permit No. 119<br />
1836 South Avenue<br />
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601<br />
www.gundluth.org/foundation<br />
April 22, 23 & 24<br />
Calendar of Events<br />
CMN Petunia Sale<br />
May 5, 6, 13<br />
April 2009<br />
All month ...CMN Miracle Magazine Month - supportthemiracle.com/newsstand.html<br />
3 ..........CMN Music for Miracles - Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Concordia Ballroom<br />
4–5 ........CMN Tomah Area Credit Union - Hooterbowl Bowling Tourney in Hustler, Wisconsin<br />
5 ..........Fool’s Five Road Race and Auction to benefit GLMF Cancer Research, Lewiston, Minnesota<br />
6–8 ........CMN Books are Fun Book Fair - <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, La Crosse Clinic<br />
7–8 ........CMN Menomonie Wal-Mart D.C. Bowling at Thunderbird Mall<br />
15 .........<strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation’s annual Science and Math Expo, La Crosse Center<br />
22, 23, 24 ...35th Annual Heritage Society Donor Recognition Event - “Set a Course for Adventure on the<br />
GLMF Heritage Love Boat”, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran<br />
30 .........Nursing Education and Research’s 8th Annual Research on the Green featuring the Dahlberg<br />
Nursing Lecture, Viterbo University<br />
May 2009<br />
All month ...CMN Miracle Magazine Month - supportthemiracle.com/newsstand.html<br />
1–2 ........CMN Knitcraft/St. Croix Semi-Annual Charitable Sales Event, Signatures, Winona, Minnesota<br />
5 ..........CMN Petunia Sale, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Support Services Building, Onalaska Campus<br />
6 ..........CMN Petunia Sale, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, La Crosse Clinic<br />
8 ..........CMN <strong>The</strong> Emerald Ball, La Crosse Radio Group/Charter Communications,<br />
City Brewery Hospitality Center<br />
9 ..........CMN Wal-Mart Summer Fun II Safety Event, Winona, Minnesota<br />
10 .........<strong>We</strong>stern Campus Nursing Graduation Ceremony, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, Overholt Auditorium<br />
13 .........CMN Petunia Sale, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, Hospital Entrance<br />
14–17 ......CMN Menomonie Wal-Mart DC Golf Outing, Mill Run, Eau Claire, Wisconsin<br />
16 .........CMN Ace Hardware Grand Garage Sale, Ace Distribution Center, La Crosse<br />
31 .........CMN Celebration <strong>We</strong>ekend, LIVE at <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, WXOW-TV 19 in La Crosse & WQOW<br />
TV-18 in Eau Claire<br />
CMN Celebration May 31<br />
CMN Book Fair<br />
April 6–8, June 8–10<br />
June 2009<br />
All month ...CMN Miracle Magazine Month - supportthemiracle.com/newsstand.html<br />
5 ..........Open House, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran Medical Foundation Laboratories, <strong>Health</strong> Science<br />
Consortium, La Crosse<br />
8–10 .......CMN Books are Fun Book Fair - <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, La Crosse Clinic<br />
8 ..........CMN 7 Rivers Region Chapter of Credit Unions Miracle Open Golf Classic, Forest Hills, La Crosse<br />
11 .........CMN Crescent Printing Golf Tournament at Drugan’s, Holmen, Wisconsin<br />
12 .........Medical Resident Graduation Ceremony, <strong>Gundersen</strong> Lutheran, Rasmus Center<br />
18 .........Founders Legacy Recognition Event and Garden Social<br />
25 .........Steppin’ Out in Pink Wine Tasting, Albert’s Pettibone Resort, La Crosse