2 SS TTI 3 UF FS PP 5 G d -Zenzen agreed and sainot é | | ale adar | | the s0tved ili ary Update © staff and.stay-close d. 40m patients,” she saily in my dai able to do this Hospital | | honors two for 50 years of service — — — couraged School, a friend en at St. a job her to apply for al. it sp Ho ’s ct di Bene | || chaplaincy role.” in raised and Born iams, ll Wi ., Ark , McGhee n when 72, moved to Ogde . After old rs. yea 8 s she wa den High sraduating from Og ‘Thursday, Ari 2, 2009 — She work did, and was hired a tonursing as y er rs nu in the assistant. who — “T met Sister Mercy, she - _— on,” was my inspirati ed me to ag ur co en e “Sh d. sai ion and at uc ed my continue become a nurse.” “ona Williams He on to trom ree deg her nursing y. For By JAMIE LAMPROS pondent Standard-Examiner corres ey eg , | Weber State Universit ed in the en Ogd Two Ce OGDEN nter Regional Medical ognized employees were rec service of rs yea 50 for r one he it ne and recently, e soon. tim any ve lea to ns pla and Sister Mary A. Zenzen ed receiv ms lia Wil M. a ert Rob longtime recognition for their during es service as nurs rvice se ual ann s al’ the hospit rds awa , at. | e ee | = | psychiatric nur and staff nurse. _ a people have. her fi ‘st In 1956, she made vows and began oreparie for her professional life as a nurse, graduatingin the nursing program from From 1C in College St. Scholastica oe Duluth, Minn. Zenzen has worked as “One of the things that have changed in patient care is early ambulation. We help our patients walk ical 7 soon have wonderful a nursing supervisor for the night shift and also h 7 oa LIN, ae and 24 seen 121 within ally : “Years said. hours,” she was elected prioress of 4 , patients stayed in bed ago for several days before many changes Uboere in. | rofession. “The most ; emorable — moments are Willia ns ) the hugs and m patients,” fro appreci: tio! “A lot of id. ‘ s n Willia Benedictine sisters and la that position for 12 years --Zenzen said she has f0} they were allowed to get up. The new advancements memories years. _ _ in technology have changed considerably over the 50 years I have worked and offer better patient care.” _ Williams has three sons 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. with a patients 1e¢ _someone m.” the - good ear to | sten to is very e rs nu a Be ng ms said, challe. ging Willia g if born 71, was Zenzen, _ — in Brooten, Minn., and grew up on a farm near Elrosa, Minn. She attended St. Benedict High School and graduated with a in but als) ve “Y reward hard. k wor to g i. vill are you heart «Tf your hinds and can enter are closed no hing you have if but t, o in or get helping and a giving hart and ngs ssi ble \ e th hands, ,” you to k bac goodness Co. 1¢€ d. sai ; William class of 12 students. influenced Catholic nun, and in 1955 Wit him and his parents,” she said. “Thirty years later I met him as an adult, and | he remembered me and the care I gave him. I was pe Zenzen likes to work in ‘the Sister Pius. took the name of time deal a good When she’s not working, and a novice “Many years agos, whl I = working in pediatric a young patient on my iii who was quite ill. I spent many years.” her decision to become a she became of the last ey | thrilled to see him afterso Two aunts of her garden at the monastefy. She also helps take careof the monastery dog, Zeke, | a o.if ae i vf GP PPASPCLAL SL fs Pe ,, es , e Of YI : SS sf igh gp a a wale ae ce . | some met Hea AD NN patient-care has also been a ake evaluator int or, nat coordi said, | they LY Vy a ¥ d to the Then she transferre Unit as th al Behavioral He se. She— Ogden the Eccles Center last month. 7,enzen is also part of the chaplaincy gtatt.|. During | their years at the hospital, they A } 33 years, she work ce, labor Family Birth Pla nursery. the and delivery and banquet Zenzen an \ \ \Y rae f " f) ' a P me 4 a ‘ : 4 — iP fi OS P ah SAbeLPS -~ 3 : , = 7 4 ag ee = *. f ty he. Ue he ya GLA i a. n 4 Ak, rs a ? “ : — a — F # PA ie 2 ie, id a oe ‘a. AL i Ce Leni | | ice, she is a nurse by cho os .-» | by chance. een my “It has always y with sel clo k wor to choice to yaw y 4 PLLA « \ j i | pa Uae FL ae