Background
Vickery, Melba was born on January 28, 1925 in Granite City, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Abert and Eulah (Hunt) Reis.
nursing consultant nurse anesthetist
Vickery, Melba was born on January 28, 1925 in Granite City, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Abert and Eulah (Hunt) Reis.
Diploma summa cum laude, St. Elizabeth Hospital School Nursing, Granite City, 1949; Bachelor of Science Nursing Education cum laude, St. Saint Louis University, 1951; diploma summa cum laude, Barnes Hospital Anesthesia School, 1958.
Director nursing education, research and service St. Elizabeth Hospital, Granite City, 1951-1955. Instructor clinical anesthesia Barnes Hospital Group, St. Louis, 1958, 65-68. Anesthetist Greater St. Louis Hospitals, 1965-1979.
Consultant patient care Hope Clinic Women, Granite City, since 1975. Writer, portrait artist freelance, Sierra Vista, Arizona, since 1983. Speaker meetings Nurse Anesthetists, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, 1965-1979, American Society Clinical Hypnosis, 1963-1979, Illinois, Missouri, California, New York.
Speaker continuing medical education program (video) University Pittsburgh, 1992. Researcher neurological disorders using various therapies including subliminal, music, medical hypnosis, art, therapeutic touch and sleep.
Volunteer Jane Goodall Institute for People, Animals and the Environmental, Physicians' Committees Responsible Medicine, Humane Society of Southern Arizona, since 2001, mentor for nursing students, 2001, bookmark designer, Sierra Vista library, 2000, Helper of the Little Good Wolf. Member Friends of Sierra Vista Public Library., since 2004. Ad hoc member Sierra Vista Environmental Affairs Commission, 2004-2006.
Married Walter C. Kawelaske, October 25, 1969 (deceased March 1975). Married Earl Clark Vickery, June 13, 1979.