Melba Jean Schmer

Background

Schmer, Melba Jean was born on December 5, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Sammie L. and Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) Bechtel.

Education

Student, Wichita State University, 1960-1962; diploma, Newman Hospital School Nursing, 1965; student, Allen County Community College, 1978.

Career

Staff nurse, Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas, 1965-1966; pharmacy nurse, Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas, 1968-1971; staff nurse, then head nurse operating room, Allen County Hospital, Iola, Kansas, 1978-1988; director nursing, Sterling Heights Manor, Iola, 1966-1967; school nurse, Iola Public School System, 1969-1972; dental health educator with private practice dentist, Iola, 1972-1977; staff nurse operating room, North Kansas Missouri Hospital, 1989-1990; operating room coordinator, St. Elizabeth Community Health Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, since 1990.

Achievements

• Registered Nurse, Nebraska.

Membership

Past officer Sorosis Club, Iola, Beta Sigma Phi, Iola, Coterie Club, Iola. Member Association Oper. Rm. Nurses (certified nurse operating room), Lincoln Chapter Association Oper.

Rm. Nurses (officer, secretary), S.E. Kansas Nurses Association (Allen County Nurse of Year 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, sewing, crafts, cooking.

Connections

Married Larry Jay Freeman, February 17, 1962 (divorced 1978). Children: Kimberly, Lanette. Married David A.Schmer, May 5, 1990.

Father:

Sammie L. Bechtel

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Wolfe) Bechtel

Spouse:

Larry Jay Freeman

Spouse:

David A.Schmer

child:

Lanette Schmer

child:

Kimberly Schmer