May 29, 2025
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Morris Hospital honors employees for milestones of dedication

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MORRIS – Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers recently honored 137 employees celebrating milestones during a dinner held at the Morris Country Club.

This year’s top honorees were Cathy Lowery, a sterile processing technician in the surgery department, and Anita Schultz, a licensed practical nurse from 2 East, both with 40 years of service. Kim Landers, vice president of Patient Care at Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, welcomed the guests and introduced board members Kelly Beaty, Rod Engstrom and Dr. John Roth. Beaty thanked the honorees for their service. President and CEO Mark Steadham congratulated the honorees.

5 Years of Service

• Lisa Baker, Healthcare Centers

• Emily Bentz, Intensive Care

• Rebecca Capshaw, Pharmacy

• Dr. Nuzhat Chalisa, Channahon Healthcare Center

• Therese Claypool, 2 South

• Kelly Croegaert, Cath Lab

• Patrick Dalton, Braidwood Healthcare Center

• Sherri Davis, Minooka Healthcare Center

• Jackie Diaz, General Accounting

• Donna Dyslin, Nutrition Services

• Deborah Eich, Healthcare Centers

• Devon Fessler, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Jennifer Flick, Pulmonary Services

• Mary Giaudrone, Nutrition Services

• Dena Gigler, Patient Access

• Cynthia Gray, Ridge Road Patient Access

• Nicole Jackson, Information Technology

• Jeannette Korosa, Patient Access

• Dena Lamb, Intensive Care

• Dr. Janet Leon, Channahon Healthcare Center

• Jennifer Lohse, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Shelli Mahnke, Laboratory

• Jerilyn Moore, Cath Lab

• Dr. Lawton Moy, Minooka Healthcare Center

• Kelli Murphy, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Cathy Overton, 2 South

• Kathryn Pressler, Health Information Management

• Jill Reeve, Healthcare Centers

• Andi Rivers, Emergency Services

• Cristin Robertson, Recovery

• Kelly Runchey, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Shelley Simon, Healthcare Centers

• Mark Steadham, Administration

• Staci Sudaj, Health Information Management

• Diane Terry, Nutrition Services

• Dr. Jennifer Thomas, Braidwood & Gardner Healthcare Centers

• Raymond Welsh-Dalton, Information Technology

• Holly Witczak, Intensive Care

10 Years of Service

• Bryan Bodine, Information Technology

• Julie Brandt, Information Technology

• Lisa Campbell, Intensive Care

• Connie Castelluccio, Cardiac Diagnostics

• Stacia Clauson, Case Management

• Cheryl Daugherty, 2 South

• Sarah Esparza, Emergency Services

• Mary Fannin, Immediate Care

• Andrea Green, 2 South

• Laura Grever, Patient Access

• Amberlyne Hayes, Radiology

• Tara Klaus, Family Birthing Suites

• Kendra Knudtson, Surgery

• Tiffany Larsen, Family Birthing Suites

• Patricia Leleniewski, Laboratory

• Betty Lenik, Environmental Services

• Samantha Ley, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Susan Lindemulder, 2 South

• Janet Long, Public Relations & Marketing

• Susan Monson, Education

• Joseph Murphy, Enviromental Services

• Theresa Mussatto, Ambulatory Care

• Paula Norris, Materials Management

• Whitney Olson, Patient Access

• Amy Olson, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Colleen Perkins, Family Birthing Suites

• Lisa Petro, Ambulatory Surgery

• Michelle Pfaff, Administration

• Lori Price, Pulmonary Services

• Stacy Rivara, Emergency Services

• Amy Snyder, Surgery

• David Tallman, Materials Management

• Sherrie Taylor, Business Office

• Jerri Wills, Recovery

15 Years of Service

• Melissa Andreatta, Human Resources

• Ana Banuelos, Emergency Services

• Katherine Bonomo, Family Birthing Suites

• Sarah Brooks, Mammography

• Vicki Burry, Business Office

• April Daw, Radiology

• Melanie DeBord, Surgery

• Xochitl Gonzalez, Laboratory

• Gloria Hansen, Health Information Management

• Cheryl Huff, Laboratory

• William Jansen, Radiology

• Barb Jett, 2 South

• Chanda Kinney, Radiology

• Diane Kjellesvik, Patient Access DRC

• Virginia Landers, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

• Doug Larson, Intensive Care

• Tina Leasure, Health Information Management

• Jennifer Leone, Nutrition Services

• Rachel Milton, Radiation Therapy Center

• Jill Moore, Cath Lab

• Cynthia Muraro, Morris Healthcare Center

• Kristin Payne, Pulmonary Services

• Paula Schlabowske, Family Birthing Suites

• Patience Varland, Endoscopy

• Jammie Vickers, Education

20 Years of Service

• Nicole Chaplin, Health Information Management

• Carol Donahue, Patient Transportation/Lifeline

• Dr. Lloyd Flatt, Marseilles & Newark Healthcare Centers

• Lisa Huettemann, Emergency Services

• Dawn Johnson, Radiology

• Benita Robinson, Health Informaiton Management

• Faye Roche, Radiology

• Joyce Romero, Accounting

• Mary Stith, Cancer Registry

• Shari Widman, Patient Access

25 Years of Service

• Julia Banko, Pulmonary Services

• Judith Chapman, Health Information Management

• Mathew Cook, Nuclear Medicine

• Janice Hanson, Purchasing

• Jo Ann Harseim, 2 South

• Elizabeth Limbach, Laboratory

• Deborah Olsen, Intensive Care

• Michele Residori, Imaging

• Leslie Roberts, Case Management

• Kurt Salems, Security

• Karla Stark, Transportation

• Jane Tesdall, Wellness

30 Years of Service

• Rhonda Drumm, Materials Management

• Alexandria Flood, Emergency Services

• Virginia Heubach Kelly, Development

• Carol Meade, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Linda Petrick, Risk Management

• Mary Phillips, 2 South

• Peggy Pool, Ambulatory Surgery

• Susan Szumski, Education

• Kathleen Ulivi, Dwight & Gardner Healthcare Centers

• Kimberly Wolfer, Laboratory

35 Years of Service

• Lorraine Babcock, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Tammy Bunting, Staffing

• Judith Hauge, 2 East/Pediatrics

• Gayle Hausken, Business Office

• Sandra Pierce, Business Office

• Patricia Williamson, Emergency Services

40 Years

• Cathleen Lowery, Central Processing

• Anita Schultz, 2 East/Pediatrics