VMH Lab offers Walk-In Wellness Testing for cholesterol ... September is National Cholesterol Awareness Month. The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Lab, pictured in the surrounding photos, offers community wellness testing including cholesterol lipid panels, at a low upfront cost, to help accommodate individuals that may forgo these important tests due to the high cost of health insurance premiums and deductibles. For more information, call the Laboratory at 563-568-3411. Submitted photos.
September is National Cholesterol Awareness Month. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) explains cholesterol as a waxy, fat-like substance made by your liver. Blood cholesterol is essential for good health. Your body needs it to perform important jobs, such as making hormones and digesting fatty foods.
Your body makes all the blood cholesterol it needs, which is why experts recommend that people eat as little dietary cholesterol as possible while on a healthy eating plan. Dietary cholesterol is found in animal foods, including meat, seafood, poultry, eggs and dairy products.
This is Clean Hands Week. Washing hands and washing them well is a great way to help stop the spread of disease, especially the flu this coming winter. It is recommended that good hand washing, along with eating a well-balanced diet and getting enough rest, will help stop the spread of the flu.
The following facts from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) will help explain the benefits and the best way of washing hands.
• Use soap and warm or hot running water.
• Take at least 15 to 20 seconds to do the washing.
• Wash all surfaces using a vigorous rubbing (friction) including: wrists, palms, back of hands, between fingers and as much as possible under the fingernails.
• Rinse under running water.
• Away from home, dry using disposable paper towels or hot air blower, if possible.
• At home, provide a separate towel for each member of the household, and wash towels regularly in hot water and detergent.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, September 21 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at VMH in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.
Amy Robinson, Director of Rehabilitation at Veterans Memorial Hospital, will be there to discuss ‘how to stay active during the winter months.’
This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or who has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Angie Mettille, RN at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
Mary Ann Burke of Waukon will be celebrating her 90th birthday September 24. In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 1103 Old Stage Road, Waukon, IA 52172.
Parents Marlene Imhoff Duffy and James Duffy, Beth and Gary Platten, and Greg and Sheri Greilinger announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Ricki Greilinger of Waukon and Jordan Duffy of Waukon. The wedding will take place Saturday, May 25, 2024 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing. A reception at TJ Hunters Banquet Hall in Lansing will follow the ceremony.
Travis Shaw and Cierra Snitker of Farmersburg announce the birth of their son, LeRoy Corvin Shaw, born September 12, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 9 lbs. 11 ozs. and measured 21-3/4 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Shandon Shaw (1-1/2).
Grandparents are Paul and Janelle Snitker of Waterville and Robert and Linda Shaw of Marquette. Great-grandparents are Sharyn McCormick of Harpers Ferry and Betty Johanningmeier of McGregor.
A beloved husband, dad, grandpa and friend, James Wesley Donithan, 83, of Harpers Ferry, formerly of Elizabethtown, IL, was called to his eternal home to be with the Lord Friday, September 1, 2023.
The family invites you to join them for a Celebration of Life Saturday, October 14, 2023 from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Center in Elizabethtown, IL. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in Wesley’s memory to: The Golden Circle Senior Center at R.R. #1, Route 146 East, Elizabethtown, IL. 62931. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is assisting the family.
Kathleen ‘Kay” A. Houlihan, 80, of Waukon died Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Saturday, September 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Ann’s - St. Joseph’s Catholic Church with Fr. Joseph Sevcik officiating, and burial will be at St. Joseph’s Paint Rock Cemetery, both in Harpers Ferry.
Friends may greet the family from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church Saturday. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to TASC.
Kathleen “Kay” Ann Houlihan was born June 10, 1943 in La Crosse, WI, the daughter of James and Mary “Bernie” (Alyward) Houlihan. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph’s Paint Rock Catholic Church and attended Waterville Elementary School.
Jean A. Stuckman, 76, of Waukon died Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 21 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may greet the family from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, September 20 at Martin - Grau Funeral Home in Waukon.
Jean Ann Stuckman was born March 6, 1947 in Decorah, the daughter of Eldo M. and Cora Marion (Sandbeck) Krumme. She was baptized and confirmed at Glenwood Lutheran Church in rural Decorah and graduated from Waukon High School.
June 18, 1972, Jean married Victor A. Stuckman at Glenwood Lutheran Church. They farmed in Ludlow Township before moving to Waukon in 1977.
