GREENWOOD, S.C. — Louise Grace Reed O’Quinn, 83, widow of the late Charles S. O’Quinn, resident of Old Abbeville Highway, died Thursday Sept. 20, at her residence. Born in Jay on Dec. 16, 1934, to the late James K. And Grace Berube Reed, she graduated from St. Louis Hospital School of Nursing as an RN in […]
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Nancy Hamlin Coccia
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Nancy Hamlin Coccia of Port St. Lucie, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 1, 20 days before her 95th birthday. She was born in South Waterford to Johanna Wilhelmina Jansson and Carl Scripture Hamlin on Aug. 21, 1923. She graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1941 and Central Maine General Hospital’s School of […]
Sylvia A. Conley
WINDHAM — Sylvia Arlene Conley, 86, died Monday, Aug. 13, following a long period of declining health. Sylvia was a 1949 graduate of Portland High School and in 1952 from Maine Eye & Eye Infirmary School of Nursing. She was an active member of the MEEI Alumni. As a registered nurse she worked in many capacities […]
Jeannine Joline Houdlette
LEWISTON — Jeannine Joline Houdlette, age 81, died at her daughter Kathy Jalbert’s home after a long battle with lung cancer. She was born April 6, 1937, in Lewiston to Willie and Doria (Roy) St. Laurent. She lived many years in Sabattus, and finally settled in Gardiner with her husband, Erwin. Ill health and failing body […]
Officials: Maine to face shortage of 3,200 RNs by 2025
AUGUSTA (AP) — Nursing Leaders of Maine, the American Nursing Association of Maine and the Maine Nursing Action Coalition say the state is going to face a shortage of about 3,200 registered nurses by 2025. The organizations announced the results of the 2016 Maine Nursing Forecaster on Tuesday at the Statehouse. The groups say nursing […]
Graduate already knows what she wants to be when she grows up: a nurse
MEXICO — Blair Stevens wanted to make doubly sure that going into nursing was the right thing for her. And she did. Blair, a senior at Telstar High School, completed the certified nursing assistant program at the Region 9 School of Applied Technology, where she became the 2016 Student of the Year for the vocational […]