Background
Dorrell, Gladys Lucile Westerfield was born on August 13, 1925 in Danville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Hubert Harold and Leona Elizabeth (Schenck) Westerfield.
Dorrell, Gladys Lucile Westerfield was born on August 13, 1925 in Danville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Hubert Harold and Leona Elizabeth (Schenck) Westerfield.
Diploma in Nursing, Methodist Hospital School Nursing, 1946; student, University Indianapolis, 1978-1979.
Staff nurse, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, 1946-1948; private duty nurse, Bloomington (Indiana) Hospital, 1948-1949; staff nurse, teacher, Friends United Meeting subsidiary Mission Hospital, Kaimosi, Kenya, 1956-1960; director nursing, Friends Hospital, Kaimosi, 1962-1966; staff nurse, Home Care Agy Greater Indianapolis, 1970-1972; hospital liasion, Home Care Agy Greater Indianapolis, 1972-1979; staff nurse, Visiting Nurse Service, Inc., Indianapolis, 1979-1983; coordinator home health aides, Visiting Nurse Service, Inc., Indianapolis, 1983-1987. Item reviewer test service National League for Nursing, New York City, 1986.
Member Decatur Township Community Choir, Indianapolis, since 1970. Board directors, secretary Friends Apartment Homes, Inc., Plainfield, Indiana, 1977-1984, president, 1986-1987. Teacher Friends Bible Institute, Kaimosi, Kenya, 1988.
Secretary The Home Place board directors, 1989. President Friends Department Home board directors, since 1990. Member American Nurses Association, Indiana State Nurses Association.
Club: Gideon's Auxiliary (Indianapolis).
Married Homer Ralph Dorrell, July 20, 1947. Children: Harold L., Dale E., Dean A.