The Nightingale Tribute was developed by the Kansas Nursing Association in 2003 for recently departed nurses. The following document contains the instructions for the beautiful service along with a poem, “She Was There.” It is encouraged to adapt the service and wording of the poem to fit the nurse being honored. Please click here for the Nightingale Tribute Pamphlet
Make a Donation
As part of the Nightingale Tribute, you may wish to make a donation on behalf of the departed nurse to the Nurses Foundation of Wisconsin. The foundation uses the donations to support nursing education and research and enhance nursing’s impact on health care.
You may share the following links with those who wish to submit a nurse’s name and/or donate to NFW
Nightingale Tribute Names:
The following names are listed in alphabetical order.
Recognition – 2023 Nightingale Tribute
Ruth (Bartelt) Hess
Heidi Hoehnen
Lorraine Millich
Recognition – 2022 Nightingale Tribute
Michelle Chiaro
Gabriel Cotto
Marcella Dietzman
Kathryn Johnson
Judith Krolikowski
Janice LaDue
Jean Lange
Mary Lindner
Nancy Maynard
Patricia Jane McKendry
Joyce J. Milosch
Bonnie Nagler
Mary Nick
Johannah Pascoe
Aleyamma Thomas
Janet Weaver
Cheryl Weber
Natalie Witte
2021 Fallen Nurses
Rebeka Lynn Arndt
Debra Arnett
Marilyn Beck
Marilyn Berwick
Rachel C. Buelow
Cheryl Canode
Jacque Clinton
Barbara J. Connell
Rex Dulay
Roma Erickson
Kay Engelhardt
Marny Lou Feulner
Francis Marion Fischbach
Craig Funke
Susan Gies
Valery Fay Harper
Barbara Ann Heighway
Carol Ann Hirte
Karen Mary Johnson
Erika Kappes
Dale Keenan
Joyce M Kneeland
Kathy Link
Barbara Mac Briar
Rita Madden
Judith Kay Nelson
Carol Ellen Patterson
Jane Stuart Paxton
Sue Ann Petry
Gene Richter
Mary Jo Runnoe
Pamela Macari Sandberg – Past WNA President
Norma E. Scherrer
Marilyn Scheufele
Mary Sinnen
Cathy Ann Skrepenski
Doris Ann Hebert Small
Kit Stevic
Caroline Sullivan
Marsha Tyacke
Donna Warzynski – Past WNA President
Christina Hoffman White
Lisa Ann Young-Borkowski
Mary Elizabeth Yuhas
Beverly Zabler
2020 Fallen Nurses
Erlinda Ann Arguello
Julie M. Baeten
Susan Bellin
Rosemary Bonniewell
Toni Marie Bouwnam
Patricia Mary Campbell
Margaret G. Conners
Catherine Douglas
Maureen Beverly Duszynski
Dolores DuPont
Ina L. Wasberg Fenske
Ruth Ann Gresley
Alma Hekel Haglund
Debra Jean Hansen
Marion Ann Henderson
Ruth A. Williams Hoefakker
Arthur Le Roy Jennings
Mary Klemme
Mary ‘Theresa’ Kloehn
Margaret Felhofer Kirley
Louise Lieske
Betty Louise Mattson
Sandra Millard
James Mikolajczak-LaRosa
Verna O’Connell
Kelly Raehter (Passed of COVID)
Patricia Ann Reivhelsdorfer
James La Rosa (Passed of COVID)
Julie Schmitt
Kathryn “Tina” Schuster
Patricia Kathryn Steininger
Carol Strupp
Lisa M. Summers
Mary K. Ulschmid
Julie Elise Van Puffelen
Barbara L. Watson
Norma Coleen Wiedenhoeft
Ursula Theresa Wirtz
Edith Wolfram
2019 Fallen Nurses
Carlie Beaudin
Toni Marie Bouwman
Margaret G. Conners
Patricia (Pat) FinderStone
Ruth Ann Gresley
Patricia (Patsy) Jane Kohler
Wanda Marie Nye
Karen O’Brien
Julie Elise Can Puffelen
Patricia Ann Reichelsdorfer
Julie Schmitt
Lisa Summers