FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - HEADSHOT INCLUDED
Sister Walter Marie Donohue
UTICA – A Memorial Mass for Sister Walter Marie Donohue will be held Wednesday, November 19 at 12 p.m. in the St. Marianne Cope Chapel at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. All are welcome.
For more than 70 years, Sister’s life was devoted to caring for the sick and dying. She was a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital and spent 56 years at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. While at St. Elizabeth, she worked in clinical nursing, teaching and administration.
For 22 years, she served as director of the School of Nursing and dean of St. Elizabeth College of Nursing (SECON) when its name was changed. Sister also began the weekend nursing program for students.
Sister Donohue passed away October 12, 2014 at age 99.
Contact:
Sandra Fentiman
Manager, Marketing and Public Relations
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
(315) 798-8195
sfentiman@stemc.org