Velda Mae Giesbrecht Unruh

Background

Unruh, Velda Mae Giesbrecht was born on September 11, 1932 in Montezuma, Kansas, United States. Daughter of William W. and Hulda Emma (Unruh) G.

Education

Registered Nurse, Halstead (Kansas) Hospital School Nursing, 1957. Certified nurse practitioner, Wichita State University, 1977.

Career

Mission nurse, Church of God in Christ Mennonite, Ganada, Arizona, 1958-1961; night supervisor, Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1961-1964; director nursing, Bethel Home, Montezuma, Kansas, 1964-1966, 69-70; nurse, General Mission Board, San Lorenzo, Mexico, 1966-1969; supervisor, Bob Wilsen Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas, 1970-1974; teacher patients, Bob Wilsen Memorial Hospital, Ulysses, Kansas, since 1988; nurse, Migrant Health Project, Garden City, Kansas, 1974-1979; nurse, Migrant School, Ulysses, summer 1979; independent family nurse practitioner, Ulysses, since 1980. Assistant for screenings local public schools, Ulysses and Satanta, Kansas, 1980-1988. Screening nurse Ulysses parochial schools, since 1980, Kansas Children's Service Leagues, Garden City, since 1981.

Achievements

• Velda Mae Giesbrecht Unruh has been listed as a noteworthy nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Nurses Association, Kansas State Nurses Association (secretary 1974-1979, council on advanced practices since 1980, Nurse of Month award, 1981, 84).

Interests

• Knitting, sewing, gardening, tatting.

Connections

Married November 29, 1992.

Father:

William W. G.

Mother:

Hulda Emma (Unruh) G.

Spouse:

November 29