wmc_comm_heartbeat_10.14_pg9_fixed.pdf100years 1914—2014
Renew the Promise
Prepared to serve, to care, to heal. Every day, every hour, every minute.
The Community Heartbeat is published by Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation. Questions and suggestions may be submitted by contacting:
Winneshiek Medical Center Community Relations 901 Montgomery St., Decorah, IA 52101
563-382-2911 or communityrelations@winmedical.org
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We all have our reasons why we give to certain organizations, charities,
or individuals. In 1913, Winneshiek County residents gave to build a local hospital they could be proud of. According to the Decorah Public Opinion, June 18, 1913, “They were called upon to give to show their generosity, their public spirit, their belief in Winneshiek County, and their gratitude that they were alive in 1913.”
Winneshiek Medical Center is celebrating 100 years of hope, health, and healing this year. It has grown into a vital and vibrant health care hub for our region. Why? Because people like you, believed in and supported the medical center from the very beginning.
The Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors want to thank our past, present and future donors for believing in the vision and mission of local health care. Thank you for moving us into the next 100 years of service to our region.
John Noel WMC Foundation President
John Noel WMC Foundation
Making history with Joyce Langreck 3
Meet our new providers and staff 4 Recognizing our staff and saluting their dedication 6 Foundation Annual Fund 19
100 years of community support building a strong medical center
Winneshiek Medical Center Board of Trustees
Rick Burras, President Roger Huinker, Vice-President
Ben Wyatt, Sec./Treasurer Clark Goltz
Sherry Gribble Steve Hildebrand
Arlene Houlihan Dawn Muhlbauer
John Noel Brad Orvis, M.D. Jerry Samuelson
Diane Tacke Karl Jacobsen & Steve Hildebrand - WMC Board of Trustees Liaisons
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Pictured on the cover is Joyce Langreck, the first laparoscopic
gallbladder patient at Winneshiek Medical Center. Five general surgeons who provide
care at the medical center are pictured from left, Hamid
Kakavandi, D.O., Steven Davis, M.D., Scott Bierman, M.D.,
Phillip Yee, M.D. and Michael LaBelle, M.D.
Joyce Langreck made history
laparoscopic gallbladder patient at Winneshiek Medical Center in 1991. Recalling her experience, Joyce says, “I knew all the people in the room and I knew they would take good care of me.” It was her
medical team that changed the course of general surgery in our community.
Joyce was diagnosed with gallstones by Terry Dynes, M.D., a Mayo Clinic Health System provider at Decorah Clinic. Joyce says, “He told me I was a good candidate for a new surgery Dr. Joseph Callaghan, the local general surgeon, and the surgical staff had been training to perform.” The new procedure was a laparoscopic gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy), which would remove Joyce’s gallbladder through small cuts (incisions) in the abdomen instead of the traditional surgery that would openly expose the internal organs with a large incision.
There were a number of advantages to this new procedure, such as: less scarring, less blood loss, shorter recovery time, reduced risk of exposing internal organs to contaminants, less need for pain medication and a quicker return to normal activities/work.
“Dr. Callaghan told me I would
because I felt like I could trust him,” says Joyce. “The day of my surgery I was most scared about being put to sleep, but my nurse, Pat Courtney, told me that was the easiest part and they would take good care of me. When I saw all those faces of people I knew, I had faith in them and felt more comfortable than if I was in a big hospital where I wouldn’t know anyone.”
Dr. Callaghan’s procedure was a success. Joyce recalls, “The next morning I took a shower and when
I came back to my room, Dr. Callaghan and all the staff were in the hallway clapping for me – it was so personal – I’ll never forget it.” Joyce was discharged from the hospital the next day and returned to work in just a week.
procedure with Joyce, WMC general surgeons have performed nearly 2,500 laparoscopic procedures including
gallbladders, appendectomies, colon resections, hysterectomies, and more.
surgeons, with 88 collective years of experience, provide 24 hour coverage at Winneshiek Medical Center. They are Mayo Clinic Health System providers, Steven Davis, M.D. and Hamid Kakavandi, D.O., and Gundersen Health System providers Scott
Bierman, M.D., Phillip Yee, M.D. and Michael LaBelle, M.D. In addition to these general surgeons, WMC is home to local surgeons who specialize in gynecology, ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat), podiatry, orthopedics and urology. Outreach ophthalmologists from Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Gundersen Health System in La Crosse also perform cataract removal at Winneshiek Medical Center.
Regardless of where you receive your clinical care, or whether your surgery is planned or unexpected, the expert surgical team at Winneshiek Medical Center is prepared to serve, to care and to heal – every day, every hour, every minute. Visit www.winmedical. org/surgery to learn more.
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History was made by trusting care, close to home
laparoscopic gallbladder patient at Winneshiek Medical Center in 1991. She says, “It was a good experience, people here took good care of me.”
“...when I saw all those faces of people I knew, I had faith in them and felt more comfortable than if I was in a big hospital where I wouldn’t know anyone.”
~Joyce Langreck
Lisa Radtke, MS, LCSW, Chief Administrative Officer
Winneshiek Medical Center and Mayo Clinic Health System leaders have announced Lisa Radtke, MS, LCSW, has been appointed to
Winneshiek Medical Center. Radtke, who has been serving as interim
CAO at the medical center since May of this year, has been with Mayo Clinic Health System for more than 30 years, most recently as Regional Administrator for Human Resources for the Southwest Wisconsin Region. She holds a Master’s of Science degree in Community Health and is a licensed social worker.
Mayo Clinic Health System--Franciscan
Kruse says, “During Lisa’s interim leadership,
and her appointment to permanent, full time leadership in Decorah is a very positive step forward for the medical center and the community.”
“We’ve been impressed with Lisa’s leadership and management skills over the past few months
as she served as interim CAO,” said Rick Burras, Board Chair of Winneshiek Medical Center. “Her experience and skills will be an asset as we plan for the future at the medical center.”
“I am so pleased to accept this position to join Winneshiek Medical Center full time,” said Radtke. “I look forward collaborating with the local management teams, our community and Mayo Clinic Health System to ensure that the outstanding local health care resources patients of the region have depended upon for more than a century will continue and grow in the next 100 years.”
Winneshiek Medical Center is an accredited,
northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota since 1914. WMC is the third largest Critical Access Hospital in Iowa, and provides hospital, clinic, rehabilitation, home health and hospice services to the region. Physician services at Winneshiek Medical Center are provided by Mayo Clinic Health System.
welcome NEW Providers & Staff
We are pleased to announce that Mary Lally, B.M.B.Ch., has accepted our offer to join our physician practice as a family medicine physician. Dr. Lally received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, and completed medical school at the University Of Oxford School Of Medicine, Oxford, England. She
will complete her residency in family medicine October 2014 at Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency Program where she has served as chief resident from 2013 to the present time.
Dr. Lally and her family will relocate to Decorah following completion of her residency in fall 2014, and she will begin seeing patients early in 2015.
Mary Lally, BMBCh, Family Medicine
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Winneshiek Medical Center offers a positive and progressive work environment, as well as competitive benefits, including health, dental, life,
IPERS and generous paid time off. To view job postings, visit our website: www.winmedical.org
If you are interested in applying for any positions, please contact: Human Resources
Phone 563-387-5240 e-mail: jobs@winmedical.org
100 years ago, a group of forward-thinking
Winneshiek County citizens had a vision: to build a hospital to support a healthy, vibrant and lasting community for future generations.
Today, Winneshiek Medical Center continues the 100-year legacy of providing quality and compassionate care. With an active medical staff of nearly 30 Mayo Clinic Health System and Gundersen Lutheran physicians, and primary and specialty clinics in Decorah, Ossian and Mabel, Minnesota, Winneshiek Medical Center has grown to become the largest and most specialized hospital in the region.
In 1914, one surgeon oversaw the care of injury and illness. One hundred years after the opening of Decorah Hospital, our services include multi-specialty surgical
services; MRI, CT Scan, x-ray and digital mammography led by an on-site radiologist; and rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics in Decorah, Calmar, Postville, and Spring Grove, MN, with outreach to area schools and nursing homes. We offer diabetes education; home medical equipment; home health and hospice; a hospitalist program for 24-hour inpatient care; a swing-bed program for skilled nursing care for rehabilitation and recovery; and obstetrics services provided by both area physician groups. Winneshiek Medical Center also provides urgent care, a 24/7 emergency room and ambulance service staffed by Mayo Clinic Health System physicians, specialized nursing staff and paramedics.
Our founders were motivated to provide health care for their
family, friends and neighbors, while strengthening the community they called home. WMC furthers their vision as we set our sights on the future. We continue our commitment to our community by hiring skilled, compassionate staff, by bringing the newest medical technology into our region, and by providing care in a way that maintains the personal experience of a community hospital, but assures patients that they are receiving the very best in health care.
Winneshiek Medical Center shares the sentiments of our founders regarding the value of our community and the efforts necessary to not only to better the medical center, but to make it thrive. We look forward to partnering with and serving our region for the next 100 years.
Celebrating 100 years of health, hope & healing
WMC Auxiliary
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This keepsake edition of the Community Heartbeat honors the more than 430 employees who provide outstanding, quality care to our family, friends and neighbors each day. Because of their dedication,
we have become the third largest critical access hospital in the state, accredited by The Joint Commission’s rigorous quality standards and named a 2014 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the nation.
Salute to our staff
Linda Klimesh, RN, BSN
Chair
Vice-Chair
Secretary/Treasurer
Board of Trustees
WMC Foundation
Holly Kanengieter
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill
WMC Auxiliary board members, front from left: Gert Barth, Glendalu Wuest, Bev Christen, Darlene Frana and Jerrine Jacobsen. Back, from left: Carolyn Boe, Mary Jane Maly, Jan Johnson, Donna Swenson, Anna Mae Kuhn, and Sharon Huber.
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Primary care at the WMC Clinics is provided by Mayo Clinic Health System physicians, physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners in Decorah, Ossian and Mabel. Our team of providers
has extensive training in everything from obstetrics to ophthalmology, cardiology, sports medicine and geriatric medicine. See more at: http://www. winmedical.org/clinics
Mayo Clinic Health System Family Medicine Physicians
Robert Flinchbaugh, D.O.
Kevin Locke, M.D. Tyler Menke, M.D. Jo Nord, M.D.
James Ott, M.D. Laurie Tope, D.O. Paul Wenner, M.D. Sarah Wymer, M.D.
Mayo Clinic Health System Specialists
Bridgette Hensley, Psy.D. Behavioral health
Ronald Hougen, Ph.D. Behavioral Health
William Remington, M.D. ENT (Ear, Nose Thoat)
Steven Davis, M.D. General Surgeon
Hamid Kakavandi, D.O. General Surgeon
Randall Bremner, M.D. Gynecology
Glenn Johnson, M.D. Orthopedics
Bruce Wulfsberg, M.D. Orthopedics
Thomas Marquardt, D.P.M. Podiatry
Richard Remark, M.D. Radiology
Bradley Orvis, M.D. Urology
Anna Ryan, M.D. Pathology
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Emily Young John- son, MSN, CNM
Midwifery
Kirsten Wyffels, DNP
Rebecca Gesing, ARNP
Kristen Heffern, ARNP
Greg Madsen, PA-C Sarah Kach, PA-C Jesse Butler, PA-C
Anesthesia Providers
Glenn White, CRNA
Scott Bierman, M.D. Anthony Coppola, D.O. Michael LaBelle, M.D. Drew Pellet, M.D. Janet Ryan, M.D. Kristy Schilling, M.D.
Gundersen Health System Providers
Kurt Swanson, D.O. Matthew Thompson, D.O. Daniel Wientzen, D.O . Phillip Yee, M.D.
It is no coincidence that four of the six letters in health are ‘heal.’~Ed Northstrum
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Outreach Clinics
Mabel Clinic From left: Mindy Osmonson, Kathy Petersburg, SueAnn Kinneberg, and Kirsten Wyffels.
Ossian Clinic From left: Bonnie Hageman, Shana Meyer, Kathy Petersburg, and Rebecca Gesing.
Emergency Department and Ambulance
Pictured from left: John Kelly, Nicole Smith, Kim Hable, Carrie Riley, Karla Lechtenberg, Dee Dhly, Mary Sender, and Vicki Thorson. Not pictured: Diane Henning, Lori Andera, Jessica Raabe, and Bruce Hammel. Not picture: Malissa Thomas, Kim Kuennen, Jill Teslow, Aimee Rosenbaum, Casey Kohls, Vanessa Thomas, Karinne Hilgerson, and Shelby Frana.
Pictured from left: Steve Vanden Brink, Mike Ashbacher, Dave Reutlinger, Joshua Moore, Jordan Massman, Dale Beckman, Ellen Sexton, Dave Nienhaus, Michael Wilder, and Phillip Bray. Back row, from left: Sarah Kozelka, Wendy Kuennen, Laure Rausch. Not pictured: Jeff Carolan, Troy Hageman, Carol Johnson, Jeff
Quandahl, Benjamin Shockey, Dalton Smith, John Hird, David Mallinger, and Kenny Monteith.
Respiratory Therapy
Home Health and Hospice Nursing
Seated, from left: Samantha Blake, Mandy Kriener, Lynnette Kruse, and Nicole Reicks. Standing, from left: Teresa Ge- hling, Jill Shindelar, Karen Nielsen, Mary Wagner, Stacy Miller and Nancy Haber- ichter. Not pictured: Jessica Higgins, Emily Kirkeberg, Amy McAllister, and Barb Moellers.
Quality Management
Home Medical Equipment and Materials Managment
Front, from left: Dawn Milligan, Mary Anderson, Diane Nichols and Karen Humpal. Back row, from left: Deanna Dlhy, Karen Nielsen, Trudy Belay and Brenda Schwan.
Pictured from left: Kara Petersen, Carmen Krivachek, Kevin Brandel and Jena Halverson.
Physical fitness is not only one of the most
important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of
dynamic and creative intellectual activity. ~John F. Kennedy
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Same Day Services Nursing
Seated, from left: Tracie Schuring, Jackie Becker, Marianne Stalberger, and Susan Busta. Standing, from left: Pat Meyer, Linda Hageman, Donna Nesvik, Joan Minear, Shirley Larsen, and Deb Tekippe. Not pictured: Mary Sender.
Pictured from left: Richard Michel, Jeff Roney, Dean Henning, Nick Schwartzhoff, Tony Tague, Tony Wyatt and Todd Wyatt.
Seated from left: Mary Sender, Lori McConnell, Dawn Blocker, Kristen Kelly, and Karen Klimesh. Standing, from left: Mary Lukes, Kim Wolfort-Hammel, Amanda Bergen, Greg Elton, Lois Bohr, Jacqueline Henning, Peggy Heiden, Sharon Bruch, and Katherine Livingood.
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold
and silver.~Mahatma Gandhi
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Pictured from left: Kristie Rustad, Ashley Baker, Jack Hrdlicka, Beth Kuhn and Lynette Banks.
Inpatient Services Nursing
Seated from left: Megan Panos, Darlene Emery, Nerissa Chipera, Sarah Pasker, Noelle Perry, Jane Schmitt, Kim Johnson, Danielle Gerleman, Lori Cannon, Shelley Kuhn, and Jennifer Holthaus. Standing from left: Jamie Wagner, Ashley Quandahl, Carol Voss, La Vonne Peterson, Maggie Busta, Cindy Jirak, Breanna
Johnson, Jennifer Monroe, Marie Schneberger, Rebecca
Kuhn, Elyse Schnitzler, Connie Klimesh, Dawn Sanderman, Bev Rustad, Juli Viet, Kristin Milbrandt, Emily Kirkeberg, Michelle Rothmeyer, Bobbi Lensing, Michele Dickson, Carly Grangaard, and Danielle Egan.
Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine
Front from left: Jamie Schneberger, Bridget White, Kelly Bouska, Alyssa Bullerman, Jennessa Luzum, Shirley Hubka.
Joyce Benda, Dennis Keefe, Rebecca Moonen, Alyssa Melbostad, Kendra Kerr, Kelli Zeimetz-Mehmert, Breanna Sovereign, Ryan Burras, Kim Wilmes, Kayla Flick, Megan Lyon, Bridgette Mitchell, Jennifer Kuehner, LeAnn Uhlenhake, Miranda Hayak, Kathleen Schutte, Tera Tweeten, Macey Livingston, Sarah Groux and Laura Mellick.
Not pictured: Marie Elsbernd, Alissa Roemhild, Allison Herman, Shauna Menke, Jessica Morken, Andrew Rix, Kelli Rueckert, Heather Schellhorn.
When I think about all the patients and their loved ones that I have worked with over the years, I know most of them don’t remember me nor I them. But I do know that I gave a little piece of myself to each of them and they to me and those threads make up the beautiful tapestry in my mind that is my career in nursing. – Donna Wilk Cardillo
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Pharmacy
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Accounting
Pictured from left: Jean Hover, Jaime Byrnes, Kelli Gosch, Joyce Numedahl, Jamie Brummond, Becky Halse, Melissa Bothun, Julie Henry, Deb Eichenberger, Kessiah Aldrich, Jean Wiemann, Michelle Blekeberg, Denise Schmitt and Cindy Remke. Not pictured: Caryn Lorenz-Buckley.
Pictured from left: Brandon Brevig, Andy Bernhard, Renee Olson, Sarah Schroyer, and Barb Cook.
Pictured from left: Kevin Mathis, Kathy Bakken, Doug Burks, Colleen Clement, and Lori Dietzenbach.
Front row, from left: Leah Reihle, Erin Plein, Beth Sims, and Nishi Arora. Back row, from left: Zach Clarke, Brian Lensch, Kylie Vorwald, Jim Schwan and Dale Mayo.
Radiology
Healthy Living Classes
Front from left: Angela Hansen, Kris Rasmussen, Sue Meyer, Marsha Tollefsrud. Back from left: Verna Steffen, Christina Elton, Erica Featheringill, Tasha Knutson, Kathy Hager, Braden Archer, Debra Sexton, Ashley Heine, and Sara Leuenberger. Not pictured: Frank Riha, Katlyn Meyer, Amanda Arnold and Richard Remark, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System Radiologist at WMC.
Front row from left: Joetta Redlin, Danielle Otteson, Brian Schilling, Angela Kerndt, Kimberly Aswegan. Back row from left: Mary Holkesvik, Joann Sharp, Jeanne Breitsprecher, Marguerite Barloon, Patty Frana, Jill Samuelson, Chad Wurtzel, Adam Ptacek, Dawn Holt. Not pictured: Tamara Bjork, Maureen Reinhart, and Erick Schroyer.
Seated, from left: Joan Peter, Rachel Barta, Jill Walton and Laurie Bulman. Standing, from left: Dawn Milligan, Karla Bakken, Mary Marx, Patty Casterton, Ashley Farley, Max Klotzbach, Janice Baumler, Elly Lensch, and Deb Tekippe.
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Laboratory
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Front from left: Jennifer Koch, Anna Ryan, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System Pathologist, Denise Carthey, Mellissa Ott, Nikki Rissman, Becky Weiand, Jessica Hoey, Hally Neubauer, and Cheryl Bronner. Back from left: Lisa Holt, Julie Drtina, Sara Ollendieck,
Kendra Schmitt, Karen Balk, Brittany Rausch, Kris Nolte, and Rona Leliefeld. Not pictured are: Charlene Alden, Laura Chadwick,
Linda Sneller, Roselyn Teslow, Joseph Vitale.
Front from left: Daniel Runyan, Shirryl Altmaier, Sarah Gjere, Shirley Smith, and Donna Hackman. Back from left: Lynette Banks, Dennis Zidlicky, Steve Holkesvik, Tyler Mittelsted, Sharry Szabo, Diane Tieskotter, Cindy Rosel, Janeen Jostand, Kathryn Kuennen and Randy Solem. Not pictured: Rachel Blake, Lisa Bruening, Matthew Fischer, Linda Miller-Laine, Katie Hershberger, and Maureen Sorum.
You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. ~Maya Angelou
Registration
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Scheduling/Reception
Seated, from left: Christina Pattison, Tina McIntosh, and Mandy Blagsvedt. Standing, from left: Karen Rasmussen, Julie Shimek, Carri Dahl, Judy Lonning and Sarah Wyatt.
Seated, from left: Sarah Wyatt, Ashley Christianson, and Holly Olsgard. Standing, from left: Valerie Boice, Valerie Lyons, Amber Osmonson, Julie Brainard, and Tina Rahlf. Not pictured: Eryn Dunlap, Paula Gustafsson, Alexa Iben, Tara Mangrich, Kayla Massman, Kim Novak, and Lorna Sande.
Pictured from left: Carrie Hovey, Sarah Timp, Tiffany Dahlberg, Mary Lou Hackman, Stacy Egan, Brianna Pitz, Sarah Caddell, Judy Abegglen, Sarah Mitchell, Merry Hunter, Stacy Phillips, Jessica Corwin, Tiffany Sommer, Jenny Leuenberger, Pat Ellingson, Rhonda Wyatt, Cheryl Batterson, Celine Houdek, Stacy White, and Diane Pischke. Not pictured: Jacque Dawley, Kathy Koenig, Char Schultz, Pamela Severson, Kimberly Vorwald, and Lynn Weinacht.
WMC Clinic Nursing
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Carol Voss, Katy Swift. Seated chairs (l-r): Cindy Rima, Kathryn Shindelar, Becky Langreck, Vicki Troendle, Ashley Jones, Janelle Beckman, Alicia Hilgerson, and Kris Thuente. Standing, from left: Brenda Dietiker, Jennifer Swart, Sarah Delaney, Fay Lacey, Amy Breitsprecher, Jessica Miller, Mary Tekippe, Julie Gibson, Laura Franzen, Deb Timmerman, Becky
Smith, Anne Meyer, Brenda Bullerman, and Marian Kuhn. Back row, from left: Mary Meyer, Catherine Boeckenheuer, Jean Theis, Sandy Meyer, Jeni Vobr, Linda Hooper, Amanda Crawford, and Brenda Timp. Not pictured: Velicia Timm, Tammy Einck, Ashley Quandahl, Karla Schutte, Leisha Bahr, Sara Nierengarten, Jeff Barry, Joan Crawford, Nicole Blake, and Sue Busta.
• 1913: William Smith pledged $10,000 to start
raise $15,000 more,” said William H. Smith. •
opened and has remained open every hour of every day for 100 years!
• 1929: The Women’s Hospital Club purchased
patients of the hospital. • 1971: The new Winneshiek County Memorial
Hospital opened doors just down the street from the original building. Area patients
conveniences. • 1985: Norman Bradish fund provides a trust for
furnishing patient rooms at the local hospital. • 1985: WMC Foundation successfully raised
mammography unit. • 1995, 2001/2002: Gifts to the WMC Foundation
provide new ambulances to the medical center. • 2004: Donations equipped the ambulances with
new cardiac monitors to communicate with the medical center while en route for emergency care.
• 2008: WMC Foundation’s Capital Campaign provides support for the $18 million project to expand the medical center by building a wing to provide new Emergency, Radiology, Laboratory and Same Day Services care to regional patients.
• 2011: WMC Foundation support helps purchase a new state-of-the art Hugs and Kisses® security system and update the OB patient rooms during the OB Refresh project.
• 2012: Community gifts support the new softer, warmer digital mammography unit in radiology.
• 2014: Support from area donors opens a new Ossian Clinic to better serve the patients in southern Winneshiek County.
Examples of donor-funded projects over the past 100 years
Why do you give?
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As the Winneshiek Medical Center Centennial year draws to a close, the WMC Foundation has launched
giving for the local medical center with a theme of “Why I Give.”
WMC Foundation Coordinator Holly Kanengieter says, “Over the past year, we have paged through the hospital’s history and uncovered many stories of support from the local residents. From the original campaign to build a hospital in 1913, to the improvements we make today, committed donors are the backbone of quality, local health care.” She adds, “For this year’s Annual Fund campaign, we are
health care has impacted their lives as they consider a 2014 gift to the WMC Foundation.”
Donations are tax-deductible and donors are recognized in the Foundation’s quarterly newsletter, the Community Heartbeat, and gifts of $10,000+ are permanently displayed on the Founders Circle for Health and Life wall in the main entrance of the medical center.
To learn more about the Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation Annual Fund campaign, or to make a gift, visit www.winmedical.org/giving, or
Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation launches 2014 Annual Fund campaign
F o u n d a t i o n
Yes, I/we want to make a ONE-TIME gift to the Annual Fund Name:__________________________________________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________ City: _____________________ State:____ Zip:___________ Phone: _________________ Cell Phone:_______________ E-mail: ________________________________________
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I hereby authorize my bank or credit card company to charge my account each month beginning _____/_____/____ and ending _____/_____/____ or continuing until further notice Signature: _______________________________________ Date:____________
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Security Code:____________ Signature: _______________________________________ Date:____________
Annual Fund Pledge Benefactor $5,000 + Investor $2,500 - $4,999 Associate $1,000 - $2,499
Patron $500 - $999 Sponsor $250 - $499 Friend $100 - $249
Donor $25 - $99 Other Amount (listed below)
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Benefactor - $5,000 & above Goggin, William .................................. Ossian Clinic McQueen, Robert ................................ Irene McQueen - Centennial
Fund Minerva Aaker Estate .......................... Minerva Aaker - Centennial
Fund
Investor: $2,500-$4,999 Land O’Lakes, Inc ................................ Ossian Clinic Houlihan, Robert & Arlene ................ Winneshiek County State Bank
- Centennial Fund
Fund Depot Outlet ........................................ Education Hospice Riders .................................... Hospice
Patron:$500-$999 Bruening, Duane & Eileen ................. Bonnie Huebner Birthday -
Hospice Dan Huebner Birthday -
Hospice Dolores Lynch - Hospice Casey’s General Store .......................... Ossian Clinic Family & Friends of Chuck DeWalle Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Forman, Jolyn ....................................... Charles Forman - Hospice Kleve, Shirley ........................................ Melvin Kleve - Hospice Ride Midwest Group Benefits Syverson, Elaine ................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice
Sponsor: $250-$499 Bradish Family Scholarship Fund ..... Med/Surg Private Rooms Brevig, Brandon & Nikki Friends & Family of Shirley Johnson Centennial Fund Forde, Arlan ......................................... Marjorie Forde - Hospice Gemini, Inc ........................................... Kevin Weselmann - Hospice Lore, Charles & Elaine ........................ Centennial Fund Sobolik, Sharon & Jim ......................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Tacke, James & Diane
Friend$100-$249 Alliant Energy ...................................... Diabetes Education Andersen, Sarah ................................... Paul Andersen - Centennial
Fund Amsbaugh, Dr. Harold ........................ Centennial Fund Bakken, Dr. David ............................... Centennial Fund Balik Funeral Home ............................ Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Brincks Jerry, & Pecinovsky, Jeanne .. Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Bulman, Laurie & Tom ....................... Annual Fund Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Burreson, Lorraine .............................. Tom Winger - Hospice
Callaghan, Dr. Joseph .......................... Shirley Johnson - Centennial Fund
Ellingson, Rev. Wayne T ..................... Raymond Stoen - Hospice Ernst, Diane Family & Friends of Anthony Kuhn . Anthony Kuhn - Hospice Family & Friends of Margaret Stortz Margaret Stortz - Hospice Goggin, Jack ......................................... Ossian Clinic Hageman, Kathy .................................. Centennial Fund Hemesath, Wanda ................................ Vernon & Lillian Johnson -
Centennial Fund Heying, Patricia.................................... Paul Heying - Hospice Holien, Daren & Kristi ........................ Arletta Holien Hovey, Richard & Joan ........................ Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Huinker, Roger & Pat .......................... Annual Fund Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Lafferty, Daniel & Debra ..................... Elaine Johnson - Hospice Lowery, Elaine ...................................... Centennial Fund Motis, C.R. & J.M. ................................ Cletus Pladsen - Hospice Nelson, Doug........................................ Dolores Lynch Mental Health Reitan, Phillip & Ruth ......................... Centennial Fund Steil, Kenneth & Emily Brule ............. Lori Steil - Hospice Street, Clista Joyce ............................... Centennial Fund Hospice Winger, Marilyn ................................... Tom Winger - Hospice
Donor: $25-$99 Adamec, Esther .................................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Albertson, Louis & Norma ................. Lois Mae Thompson - Hospice Anderson, Richard & Elaine .............. Bob Lien - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Baker, John & Carol ............................. Centennial Fund Bakken, Karla ....................................... Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Barth, Gordon & Gertrude ................. Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Baumler, Janice .................................... Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Bechtel, Cindy ...................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bergan, Michael & Carol .................... Clifford Smorstad - Hospice Geraldine Breghammer Regina Shindelar Berge, Mark & Kristi ........................... Lester Sorenson - Hospice Bernatz, Richard & Dodi .................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bishop, Deborah .................................. Kevin Sand, MD Bjergum, Alice...................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bjergum, LaVonne ............................... Ossian Clinic Blaess, Kari ........................................... Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Blaylock, Jack & Devita ....................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Blocker, Dennis & Marlene ................ Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Blodgett, Linda ..................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bolson, Nancy ...................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Brickley, Arlene W. .............................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Brodericks Inc. ..................................... Mimi Aaker - Hospice Brown, William & Karen .................... Bob Lien - Hospice Doris Daughton - Hospice Les Leidahl - Hospice Lyle Rodman - Hospice Bruvold, Lillian .................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice
WMC Foundation Gifts Gifts from April 1, 2014 thru August 31, 2014
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Brynsaas, Mae ...................................... Bob Lien - Hospice Buddenberg, Doug & Pam ................. Wally Oxley and Jeff Uhlenhake
- Ossian Clinic Christopher, D Edward & Sharon ..... Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Christopherson, John & Linda ........... Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Citizen’s Savings Bank ......................... Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Clark, Doug & Susan ........................... Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Clark, Virginia...................................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Clarke, James & Patricia ..................... Shirley Johnson Coffeen, Adrienne ............................... Barbara Butler - Hospice Costigan, Lauren & Genevieve .......... Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Courtney, Eileen & Hemesath, Jerry . Mary Goltz Cummings, Marlene ............................ Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Dahlen, Arnold & Nannette ............... Dolores Lynch - Hospice Dawley, Daniel & Jill ........................... Jerome Sexton Donhowe, Mark & Vicki ..................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Dusheck, Aaron & Lillian ................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Ed’s Body Shop ..................................... Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Ellingson, Irmgard ............................... Lester Sorenson - Hospice English, Susan & Clifford ................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Family & Friends of Adrian Holthaus Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Family & Friends of Dorothy Sampson Engen.................................... Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Family & Friends of Janice Woodhouse ............................... Janice Woodhouse - Hospice Family & Friends Of Judy McIntosh . Judy McIntosh - Hospice Family & Friends of Roger Wheatman ................................. Roger Wheatman - Hospice Family & Friends of Shirley Johnson Shirley Johnson - Hospice Fausnaugh, Rosella .............................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Fencl, Helen .......................................... Mildred Pecivosky - Hospice Fenstermann, Marlene & Duane ....... Shirley Johnson Fisher, Erlene ........................................ Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bob Lien - Hospice Dolores Lynch - Hospice Gerry Broghammer - Hospice Fitzgerald, Marjette ............................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Forde, Wesley & Bette ......................... Doris Malek - Hospice Dean Larson - Hospice Dolores Lynch - Hospice Janice Woodhouse - Hospice Mert Westphal - Hospice Frana, Rose Ellen ................................. Bill & Elsie Dessel - Hospice Franzen, Gary & Danette .................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice French, Dawn ....................................... Eileen Courtney - Ossian Clinic Friest, Rita ............................................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Fripps, Inc - The Farr Side .................. Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Funke, Ruth .......................................... Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Fye, Victor & Dianne .......................... Curt Spilde - Hospice Ken Wiltgen - Hospice Gerard, Kathy & John.......................... Kathryn Spilde - Hospice Gilbert, Donna ..................................... Tom Winger - Hospice Gilbertson, Jerry & Pearl .................... Dean Larson - Hospice Gipp, John & Karen ............................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Hageman, Andrew & Nichole ............ Ken Wiltgen
Hagen, Dean & Larue.......................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Hall, Gary & Norma ............................ Dean Larson - Hospice Hospice Hall, Orbell ........................................... Ethel Kroshus - Hospice Halse, Earl & Virginia ......................... Joe Lynch - Hospice Hansmeier, David & Cindy ................ Diabetes Education Hanson, Arlin ...................................... Dolores Lynch - Hospice Harland, Mylon & Carol ..................... Dolores Lynch - Hospice Headington, Elaine .............................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Dean Larson - Hospice Headington, Larry & Dianne ............. Cliff Smorstad - Hospice Leon Hageman - Hospice Howard Johnson - Hospice Merton Westphal - Hospice Arnie Fortman - Hospice Thelma Korsness - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Heffern, Herb & Beverly ..................... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Helgerson, James & Boynton, Lori .... Marjorie Forde - Hospice Hemesath, Joseph & Alice .................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Hemesath, Kenneth & Linda .............. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Holkesvik, Dana & Quentin ............... Shirley Johnson Holstad, Inez ........................................ Dean Larson - Hospice Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Jerry Albertson - Hospice Lois Jean Thompson - Hospice Lucille Weber - Hospice Holten, Richard & Florene ................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Holthaus, Willard & Mary Ellen ........ Charles Forman - Hospice Dean Larson - Hospice Hoover, Dr. Thomas & Donnelle ....... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Hovden, Terry & Charis ..................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Hove, Marjorie ..................................... Norman Larson - Cancer Fund Hrdina, Frank ....................................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Huber, Jim & Sharon ........................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Huinker, Tom & Joyce ......................... Ken Wiltgen - Ossian Clinic Humpal, Karen IOWA BETA Masters .......................... Hospice Ira, Jeffrey.............................................. Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Jacobsen, Susan .................................... Samuel Wise - Centennial Fund Jauert, Russell & Jan ............................ Bob Lien - Hospice Johnson, Davis & Shirley .................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Johnson, Leland Mrs. .......................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Jones, Curt & Nancy ............................ Shirley Johnson Kabliska, Vernelle ................................ Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Kanengieter, Holly Kelly, Joseph & Mary ........................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Kerian, Wayne & Kim ......................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Kiel, Loren & Sue ................................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Klotzbach, Ardis .................................. Adrian Holthaus - Hospice Ardell Syverson - Hospice Dean Larson - Hospice Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Klotzbach, Maxine Knoke, Earl & Marian ......................... Dean Larson - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Knoke, Karl & Kimberly ..................... Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Koester, Ron & Sandra ........................ Ken Wiltgen - Ossian Clinic
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Kreitzer, Ronald & Marie .................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Krivachek, Carmen Krueger, Arleen & Jan ......................... Shirley Johnson Kuehner, Cathy .................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Kuhn, Elizabeth Lansing, Carroll & Anita .................... Margaret Stortz - Hospice Larson, Dean & Caryl ......................... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Lee, Karen ............................................. Ardell Syverson - Hospice Lensch, Brian & Elly ............................ Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Lensch, Elly Lensch, Muriel ..................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Lentz Financial & Insurance .............. Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Lentz, Christopher & Brenda ............. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Lien, Marlys .......................................... Bob Lien - Hospice Lillegraven, John & Wanda ................ Dean Larson - Hospice Howard Johnson - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Margaret Stortz - Hospice Little, Thomas ....................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Darlene Sivesind - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Losen, Alton ......................................... Ruth Allen - Hospice Lynch, Mary ....................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Malek, John .......................................... Doris Malek Carlson Malone, Sally ......................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Marx, Daniel & Mary .......................... Don Molitor - Hospice Mestad, Penny ...................................... Lester Sorenson - Hospice Meyer, Marvin & Janice ...................... Ossian Clinic Middlebrook, Wilda ............................ Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Midthus, Michelle & Brian ................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Miehe, Dave .......................................... Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Mikkelson, Carolyn ............................. Margaret Stortz - Hospice Marian Ness - Hospice Tom Winger - Hospice Moellers, Stanley & Debra .................. Ken Wiltgen - Ossian Clinic Moore, Lori ........................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Murphy, Donna & Robert .................. Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Lang, Iva Nell ....................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Nelson, Milfred & Joan ....................... Ethel Stuckman - Hospice Ohlert, David & Borseth, Vicky ......... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Olson, Helen ........................................ Dolores Lynch - Hospice Olson, Lewis & Vickie ......................... Dean Larson - Hospice Olson, Renee & Randy ........................ Arnold Luzum Mildred Pecinovsky - Hospice Orvella, Willard & Eloise .................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Bob Lien - Hospice Howard Johnson - Hospice Jeff Teslow - Hospice Raymond Stoen - Hospice Ottesen, David & Sarah ...................... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Ottesen, Kenneth & Janet ................... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Pagel, Ben.............................................. Judy McIntosh - Hospice Paulson, Dr. Arlan & Linda ................ Ken Wiltgen - Ossian Clinic R.J. & Company ................................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Ramsey, LaVerne ................................. Lyle Stegen - Hospice Otto & Charlotte Nuehring -
Hospice Susan Brynsaas - Hospice Rasmussen, Kristine ............................ Shirley Johnson
Remmen, Gary & Anna Marie ........... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Rigler, John ........................................... Anthony Kuhn - Hospice Roman, Viola M. .................................. Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Rooney, David & Annette Rosendahl, Leona ................................ Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Rovang, June ......................................... Dean Larson - Hospice Rovang-Rude, Marian ......................... Dean Larson - Hospice Lois Mae Thompson - Hospice Centennial Fund Rucker, Verda ....................................... Doris Malek Schnitzler, Evelyn ................................. Dorothy Sampson Engen -
Hospice Schroeder, Karl ..................................... Adrian Holthaus Ken Wiltgen -Ossian Clinic Schuman, Bruce & Betty ..................... Dolores Lynch - Hospice Schwan, Jim & Brenda Shimek Sanitation ................................ Hospice Ride Sponsors -
Hospice Sobolik, David & Robin ...................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Stensland, Floyd & Arleta Ann .......... Leroy Franzen - Hospice Stoen, Harold & Celia ......................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Sunday, Dorothy .................................. Judy McIntosh - Hospice Svenson, David & Donna ................... Adrian Holthaus Charles Forman - Hospice Syverson, Frannie ................................ Lester Sorenson - Hospice Thompson, James & Jeanette .............. Lester Sorenson - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Ray Fadness - Hospice Thomson, J. Scott & Stephanie ........... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Thomson, J.H. ...................................... Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Thornton, Glen & Deloris................... Howard Johnson - Hospice Tollefsrud, Bernell & Kathy ................ Clifford Smorstad - Hospice Lester Sorenson - Hospice Lois Mae Thompson - Hospice Turnmire, Dale & Mary Ellen ............ Chuck DeWalle - Hospice Usgaard, Margaret ............................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Voltmer, JoAnn .................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Weiand, Pete ......................................... Thomas Weiand- Centennial
Fund West Side Study Club .......................... Hospice Westphal, James & Rebecca ................ Mert Westphal - Hospice Wiltgen,Carol & Lisa ........................... Ken Wiltgen - Hopsice Ossian Clinic Winkie, Darrell & Joylene .................. Dorothy Rosendahl - Hospice Elaine Johnson - Hospice Doris Malek - Hospice Judy McIntosh - Hospice Lillian Fitzgerald - Hospice Minerva Aake - Hospice Shirley Johnson - Hospice Tom Winger - Hospice WMC Employees ................................. Ronald Raymond Oulman Woldum, Ruth ...................................... Ardell Syverson - Hospice Young, Donna ...................................... Judy McIntosh - Hospice Ray Fadness - Hospice
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See your medical records and results soon after your visit
Connect with your care team through our secure messaging system
Request an appointment with a Winneshiek Medical Center provider
Update your personal information at your convenience
Patient Online Services is a secure, interactive web program that allows patients and their families to take a more active role in their care, and is conveniently available through Winneshiek Medical Center’s website at www.winmedical.org.
Patient Online Services allows you to:
• Request and track appointments with Winneshiek Medical Center health care providers in the Decorah, Ossian and Mabel clinics. • Exchange secure messages with your health care team. • Obtain access to health information,
including laboratory results, medications, immunizations, allergies, personal information, visit history, discharge/aftercare information, and more. • Submit updates to personal information prior to your visit.
“Patient Online Services helps us meet the needs of our patients in an increasingly online environment,” says Tyler Menke, M.D., Mayo Clinic Health System family medicine physician at Winneshiek Medical Center. “It is a great way for busy families to stay in touch with their health care provider. By sending us secure messages, we
can communicate with patients between appointments to answer questions or provide guidance on a health concern.”
Patient Online Services is available to adults age 18 and older, and parents/guardians can obtain access for children age 12 and under. Youth ages 13-17 are not eligible for a Patient Online Services account. Individuals managing another adult’s health care can also obtain access to their online record after completing the required consent forms in person at WMC. To create a Patient Online Services account, visit www.winmedical.
enrollment form.
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Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation 901 Montgomery St. Decorah, IA 52101,
Sports physicals for teens Reduced rate athletic sports physicals are available year-round. Download forms from winmedical.org and schedule an appointment 563-382-2911.
Annual physicals for YOU Taking care of yourself is as important as taking care of your family. Be sure you schedule your annual exams and bring a list of all your medications to your exam.
Walk-In Wellness Lab Testing Lab tests available without a physician’s order. Must be 18 years of age or older. Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. 563-382-2911. Also available at the Mabel and Ossian clinics.
Free Blood Pressure Screenings Offered monthly 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Call for schedule: 563-382-2911 or visit winmedical.org
Monitor your health
Prevention and Education
Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Call WMC Nutrition Department for dates & class times 563-387-3158.
Prepared Childbirth Classes Call the OB nurse coordinator for dates and times 563-387-5361.
Free Car Seat Checks Available the second Thursday every- other-month at WMC East Entrance. For dates and more information, call, 563-387-5361.
Support Parkinson’s Support Group Free for patients, caregivers, family & friends. Last Wednesday of each month. 1:30 p.m. Conf. Room B.
Grief Support Group Free support group to anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one. Group size is limited; pre-registration is required. Call 563-387-3024.
Diabetes Support Group Second Tuesday of each month. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. Conf. Room B. Call for information 563-387-3158.
Pilates Classes Choose from a.m. or p.m. classes for beginners, advanced or athletes. Call for times & registration 563-387- 3031.
Aqua-cise Classes Weekly on Tuesday and Thursday Aqua-cise for Arthritis OR Aqua-cise Water Aerobics For information on either program, call 563-387-3031.
Runner’s Analysis Assessment of strength, flexibility, and shoe wear. $20 per person. Call for an appointment 563-387-3031.
Stay healthy! Get your flu shot! To make an appointment for an influenza vaccine, call Winneshiek Medical Center at 563-382-2911.
Healthy Living Classes