MORRIS – Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers recently honored volunteers for their dedicated service during the annual volunteer recognition luncheon held at the Morris Country Club.

In the past year, volunteers donated 54,980 hours of service to Morris Hospital, which is the equivalent of about 28 full time employees.

The following Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers volunteers were honored for achieving milestones in their years of service:

Channahon

• Ellis Rushing, Jr. – 1,000 Hours

Coal City

• Robert Ames – 500 hours

• David Gowdy – 1,500 hours

• Debra Hazlett – 37,000 hours

• Dennis Hazlett – 33,000 hours

• Carolyn Wersching – 100 hours

Diamond

• Judy Leeder – 500 hours

Gardner

• Dianne Emerick – 500 hours

• Pat Lenzie – 500 Hours

Marseilles

• Dave Prater – 4,000 hours

Mazon

• Ralph Binion, Sr. – 3,500 hours

• Ruth Briscoe – 1,000 hours

Minooka

• Charlene Blackwell – 500 hours

• Inesita Colon – 100 hours

• Ann Ferro – 100 hours

• Barb Hejna – 100 hours

• Pam Shepherd – 500 hours

Morris

• John Almer – 500 hours

• James Arnold – 500 hours

• Mary Lou Bennington – 500 hours

• Laurie Biskie – 500 hours

• Tom Biskie – 1,000 hours

• Donna Brozowski – 100 hours

• Carol Button – 100 hours

• Dorothy Claire – 100 hours

• Richard Dice – 100 hours

• Shirley Dix – 1,500 hours

• Jeri Dolezal – 33,000 hours

• Mel Fight – 6,000 hours

• Joan Franzen – 100 hours

• Herb Hain – 4,500 hours

• Joyce Hain – 2,000 hours

• Ruth Harp – 2,000 hours

• Carol Harris – 2,500 hours

• Duane Harseim – 3,500 hours

• Dorothy Haylock – 1,000 hours

• Debbie Janiszewski – 500 hours

• Stanley Jerz – 2,000 hours

• Judy Johnson – 500 hours

• James Jongewaard – 1,000 hours

• Terry Klepp – 1,000 hours

• Sherry Korthauer – 1,500 hours

• Paul Kostal – 500 hours

• Carl Kramer – 4,500 hours

• Judy Kramer- 3,500 hours

• Gary Kuntz – 1,000 hours

• Judy Kuntz – 2,000 hours

• Mark Laraway- 1,000 hours

• Robert Limbach – 1,500 hours

• Ray Lisy – 3,500 hours

• William Martin – 3,500 hours

• Michael Minarich – 1,000 hours

• Barbara Nice – 100 hours

• Judi Nickels – 500 hours

• Barbara Nolan – 500 hours

• Sharon Odom – 1,000 hours

• Gary Orndorff – 5,000 hours

• Ray Paulson – 6,000 hours

• Ernest Pierard – 1,500 hours

• Gloria Piotrowski – 1,000 hours

• Barbara Pope – 100 hours

• Barb Raab – 2,500 hours

• Fran Rivett – 1,500 hours

• Judy Robowkski – 3,500

• Evelyn Roseland – 500 hours

• Donald Ryder, Jr. – 1,500 hours

• Michael Sanders – 1,500 hours

• Jennifer Sanford – 100 hours

• Charles Sargent – 1,000 hours

• Connie Schuler – 1,000 hours

• Richard Sefton – 2,000 hours

• Bob Starks – 2,500 hours

• Barry Summers – 500 hours

• Sandra Swezy- 100 hours

• Donald Trejo – 4,500 hours

• Virginia Walsh – 4,000 hours

• Alan Williams – 100 hours

• Judith Winkel – 500 hours

• James Yokubonis – 2,500 hours

Seneca

• Dennis Bergstrom – 1,000 hours

• Patricia Engstrom – 1,000 hours

• Thaddeus Grandys – 500 hours

• Tommy Koger – 500 hours

• Roberta Mesmer – 500 hours

• Patricia Stevens – 100 hours

South Wilmington

• Charlotte Finn – 500 hours

• Sylvia Zdeb – 100 hours

Verona

• Patrick O’Sullivan – 12,000 hours

Yorkville
Margaret Light – 100 hours
Dean Wolfer - 13,000 hours

Morris Hospital also honored six volunteers for achieving 20 years of volunteer service. The 20 year volunteers are Nancy Bauer, Barbara Berry, Audrey Kaufman, Juanita Malone, Norma Perucca and Mary Fran Wilkinson, all of Morris.

Debra Hazlett, Coal City, also received special recognition for achieving 37,000 hours of volunteer service with the Morris Hospital Lifeline program.