Background
Starkey, Wilma Marie was born on October 13, 1931 in Schaller, Iowa, United States. Daughter of William F. and Louise H. (Rusch) Sievert.
Starkey, Wilma Marie was born on October 13, 1931 in Schaller, Iowa, United States. Daughter of William F. and Louise H. (Rusch) Sievert.
Diploma, Lutheran Hospital School Nursing, 1952. Bachelor in Sociology, Westmar College, 1974. Postgraduate, Iowa State University.
Postgraduate, University Iowa. Postgraduate, Morningside College.
Supervisor Lutheran Hospital, Sioux City, Iowa, 1952-1953. Staff nurse Children's Hospital, Denver, 1953-1954, Buena Vista County Hospital, Storm Lake, Iowa, 1955-1957. Emergency room nurse St. Joseph Hospital, Mount Clemens, Michigan, 1957, staff nurse labor and delivery, charge nurse, 1958-1959.
Office nurse Cherokee (Iowa) Clinic, 1961-1963. School nurse Cherokee Community School District, 1963-1993. Part time staff nurse Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital, Cherokee, 1959-1961.
Clinical instructor St. Luke's School Nursing, 1981, Cherokee Mental Health Institute, 1983, Iowa Lakes Community College, 1996-1997. Lecturer, presenter in field.
Past Sunday school teacher, member social welfare committee Trinity Lutheran Church, Cherokee. Member Cherokee Families for Positive Action, 1984-1986. Member Child Abuse Council, 1983-1985.
Member auxiliary scholarship committee Sioux Valley Memorial Hospital, since 1968. Board directors Cherokee County Work Activity Center 1984-1990, chair 1986-1988. Member mental health-mental retardation advisory board Cherokee County Board Supervisors, 1983-1990.
Chair Associate Charities, since 1963, chair, 1963-1988. Member Cherokee County Fund Doctor, since 1977. Member Iowa State Education Association, Cherokee Education Association, American Nurses Association (board directors local district 1969-1983), Cherokee Area Registered Nurses Association (vice president 1975-1976, president 1977-1979), Iowa School Nurse Association (president-elect 1979-1981, president 1981-1985), Professional Resource Group (chair 1980-1981), AEA 12 School Nurse (chair 1981-1983).
Married Walter A. Starkey, March 21, 1954 (deceased). Children: Walter A. Junior, Karen Marie Starkey Lueders.