Dorcas Joy West

Background

West, Dorcas Joy was born on April 4, 1940 in Friend, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Ernest Emerson and Ruth Louise (Stuemky) Horner.

Education

Registered Nurse, Bryan Memorial School Nursing, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1963; Bachelor of Science, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1964; certified, Spanish Language Institute, San José, Costa Rica, 1964; certified, Domestic Violence Council, New Mexico, 1985.

Career

Registered Nurse obstetrics, Bryan Memorial Hospital, Lincoln, 1963-1964; missionary nurse, Board Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, Mexico, 1964-1966; missionary nurse, Board Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, Malaysia, 1970-1975; office and surgical Registered Nurse, G. William LeWorthy Doctor of Medicine, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery, Lincoln, 1966-1969; Registered Nurse obstetrics, Evanston (Illinois) Hospital, 1970; director, Home for Women & Children, Shiprock, New Mexico, 1978-1986; consultant Registered Nurse quality assurance, Shiprock (New Mexico) Cmty. Health Center, 1988; Registered Nurse obstetrics, Navajo Area Indian Health Svc., Shiprock, since 1989. Consultant Home for Women and Children, Shiprock, since 1986.

Achievements

• Dorcas Joy West has been listed as a noteworthy Women"s health nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Patricipant International Christian Youth Exch., New York City, 1958, Germany, 1958-1959, host, 1985. President United Methodist Women, 1971-1973, district president, 1973-1974, secretary, 1988-1991, member, since 1970. Member Four Corners Native American Ministry, since 1977.

Member Camp Farthest Out, since 1984, secretary, since 1990. Member social concerns committee United Methodist Church, Shiprock, 1984-1991, Sunday school teacher,1966-1969, 74-95. Member, assistant scoutmaster Anasazi district Boy Scouts American, Shiprock, since 1985.

Member Concerned Women for American, Washington, since 1987, Walk to Emmaus, since 1991. Member Women's Society Christian Svc.

Interests

• Avocations: quilting, sewing, reading, family camping, speaking.

Connections

Married Paul N. West, November 8, 1969. Children: Dale E., Charles B., Natalie Joy.

Father:

Ernest Emerson Horner

Mother:

Ruth Louise (Stuemky) Horner

Spouse:

Paul N. West

child:

Dale E. West

child:

Natalie Joy West

child:

Charles B. West