FDLREPORTER.COM SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022 5A Obituaries There are several obituary options available. Please consult your funeral director for more information. EUREKA Jerome Olkiewicz, 72, Eureka, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2021. A visitation for family and friends will be on Friday, March 25, 2022, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Mueller Funeral Home 904 E.
Main St. Winne- conne. Visitation will continue on Saturday, March 26 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church 730 Madison Ave.
Omro. A funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, March 26 at 11:00 a.m. at the church. Fr. Joseph Mattern will be the cel- ebrant.
A full obituary will be in the Sunday, March 20 edition. Jerome Olkiewicz FOND DU LAC Dolores A. Schmitz (nee Perrizo), 89, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Fri- day, February 11, 2022 at the St. Francis Home. She was born on March 18, 1932, the daughter of the late Paul and Le- ona Perrizo (nee Bell- ing).
Dolores attended Presentation School and graduated from St. Springs in 1950. On June 27, 1956, she married Kenneth Schmitz at Presentation Church in North Fond du Lac. Prior to her marriage to Ken, Dolores worked at GNL. Once they were married, she helped her husband on their dairy farm.Dolores was amember of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and was the past president of the St.
Altar Society in St. Peter. Dolores loved to chat and was always available for conversation. Those left behind to cherish her memory in- clude her nieces and nephews, Mary (Joe) Tran, Rose (Richard) Goldstein, Joann (Kevin) Cahill, John (Carmen) Perrizo, and Jim (Beth) Perrizo; Perrizo; and special friends Bill and Jody Spieker and their son, Barry Spieker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth, and her brother, David Perrizo.
Visitation will be on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street Fond du 54935 from 1:00 pm until 1:30 pm. The memorial service will begin at 1:30 pm and burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. family and friends would like to thank all of the special nurses at St. Francis Home and St.
Agnes Hospice for their comfort and care. Twohig Funeral Home is serving the family with online guestbook and condolences at www.two- higfunerals.com. Dolores Schmitz FOND DU LAC The daughters of Barbara Shamrock, (PatMcCor- mick, Jammer Dudley, Stacy Fellers, and Meri Shamrock) are host- ing a celebration of life on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Eagles Club from 1:00 PM 4:00 PM to honor their mother who passed on Sunday, December 12, 2021. In lieu of flowers, do- nations can be made to the family. Services are in the care of Uecker-Witt Fu- neral Home, 524 North Park Avenue, Fond du Lac, WI, 54935.
Addi- tional information and guestbook can be found at ueckerwitt.com Barbara Shamrock Cherie Hoeger spent parts of her childhood in Ar- gentina, seeing poverty up close. Poverty that still in- the lives of relatives there. That experience left her like many other USA TO- DAY Women of the Year honorees with a deep-seated need to help others. That desire to help has been mag- two years into a pandemic that has hit women and mothers particularly hard. Like many of the women being honored for their leadership and vision, Hoeger saw a problem (a lack of period-care products in impoverished countries) and stepped up.
especially moms and caregivers, we prob- lem-solve because we have a said Hoeg- er, a small-business owner and soon-to-be mother of six in Idaho. very good at adapting and being resourceful. So if the collective of women can get together and use their strength and their voice to create innovate solutions that challenge the patri- archal structure and create more go- ing to be USA Women of the Year program cele- brates and honors that spirit. Starting March 13 and through this month, online and in print and in a spe- cial video show, you will meet all the honorees one from every state, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, plus a national cohort. They are a remarkable group of courageous women who lead and inspire, promote and for equity, and champion change.
USA TO- Women of the Year follows our successful Women of the Century project, which highlighted achievements of trailblazing women in the 100 years since they won the right to vote. Our honoree, introduced last March, was Vice President Kamala Harris, who talked about the impor- tant role women played in her historic journey. She told American women, are With her story, we invited you, our readers, to nominate deserving women (and you introduced us to thousands, many of whom you will meet here). We asked journalists across the USA TODAY Network in more than 200 newsrooms in 46 states to weigh in on the women in the communities they live in and cov- er every day. We sought input from a diverse panel of experts.
The result? A broad group of inspiring women who America and devote themselves to bettering life for those around them. This honorees include doctors, nurses, art- ists, educators, business leaders, politicians, advo- cates, philanthropists and volunteers. Some are well-known: Melinda French Gates, Si- mone Biles, Nina Rachel Levine. Oth- ers may be new to you, as they were to me. I read their stories more than once.
Sometimes in batches, in the end all at once, like a book. I found myself tearing up at some, nodding at others while reaching for a pen to jot down notes about their an- swers to is your of or you have a guiding principle or because I knew I would want to remember lines like these: My of courage is to stand when no one else is standing with you. When fear is trying to get the best of you, contin- ually ask, the worst that could In addition to asking the honorees about their work hunger and poverty, helping others during COVID-19, creating safe spaces for children, championing equity, violence we asked them about their mentors, their challenges, their re- grets, their advice for their younger selves. While their stories are as diverse as the women themselves, there are similar threads: a belief in education and, often, a higher power. Gratitude for parents, especially moms.
The learned wisdom that many of challenges are surmountable, espe- cially with teamwork and determination. And the messages these accomplished women would give to the younger versions of themselves? accept no. Be kind to yourself. stronger than you think. Work out more! Kristen DelGuzzi is managing editor for Opinion at USA TODAY and leader of USA Women of the Year.
Follow her on Twitter: Women of the year champion America Kristen DelGuzzi USA TODAY Doniere, a physician with Emergency Medicine Specialists working in the emergency departments at St. Joseph and St. Francis hospitals, is USA Women of the Year honoree from Wis- consin. She has seen patients go from being homeless, un- able to work, and visiting regularly trying to get opioids and other drugs, to work, a place to live, and freedom from their addiction. had a kid come in and he overdosed on heroin.
This young man was extremely angry, yelling a myri- ad of obscenities. We asked him to wait just two min- utes to learn about our free Narcan Doniere said. pharmacist started talking about how to give Narcan. He started to cry and said that we were the people to Her next goal is to get a recovery center on the north side of Milwaukee, where some of the poorest residents live. disorder does not discriminate at all, but where discrimination does happen is how we are treating she said.
to get treatment if not near you and you have the right trans- portation or you take enough time of work. really trying to make a change on that and meet more patients where they With new programs in place to address opioid ad- diction among Milwaukee residents, Doniere began her next battle with an epidemic that pulled at her heart: gun violence. devastating, and it makes me so sad. I cannot tell you the amount of times seen completely healthy men, usually African American and in their early 20s, who were healthy but their bodies have been ravaged by gun violence. learned is it is a product of all the stressors in their lives, and all of the challenges that got them to the point where they got involved with gun she said.
While tirelessly working to those problems that plagued her ERs common for her ER patients, Do- niere then had to battle the same COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged hospitals across the country and world. Kevin Kluesner, former chief administrator at As- cension Hospitals, worked with Doniere for four years. of all, a great physician. But then you layer on top of that, she is a great human Kluesner said. always trying to help the people in our community who are the most takes care of people who have acute epi- sodes, but what I love about her is that she tries to work on those things, those social determinants of health, to prevent them from coming in for those emergency he said.
they are under the care of Julie, they are getting the best The following conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. The pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, especially medical professionals. What has helped you get through? During the most challenging moments I look to the wonderful, smart, kind and unfalteringly brave team that I have the privilege to work with. I am inspired daily by the of the nurses that I work with. They have been and steadfast.
The phy- sicians and mid-level providers that I work with are constantly checking on each other. Part of my history-taking with each patient is ask- ing about their vaccination status. Every time a per- son tells me they are vaccinated, it gives me hope! I am blessed to have the greatest partner in the world. My husband Tim is my constant rock. He and my great kids Clyde and Jane are a constant support.
What do you want people to know about opioid addiction? Opiate use disorder is a medical problem that does not discriminate and is not a moral failing. If you are by opiates, there is help and the medical community is here for you. If you or someone that you love struggles with opiates, it is important that you have naloxone (generic Narcan) on hand. Naloxone is a lifesaving drug that can be given by anyone to a person who has overdosed on opiates. There are support sys- tems like the recovery coach program that we use that can support you where you are in your struggle.
If you are at the point that you want to stop using opiates there are medications and behavioral therapies that can help you. There is hope! Who you look up to? My mom celebrated her 90th birthday (in January) and I am constantly in awe of her. She has taught me that if you want something done, do it. If you sit and complain, nothing will get done. Is there a guiding principle you work by, and what is it? Be kind.
On a busy emergency department shift, it is important to slow down and take the time with each patient to out what is really going on. In the ED, I have the privilege of being invited into lives when they are the most vulnerable. A normal day for me is often the worst day of a life. Keeping this in mind helps me to be empathetic and present. What advice would you give your younger self? Self-doubt is your enemy.
I wish I would have had the gumption to get my MPH of public health) sooner and try in a real way to change in our community. For too long I assumed I was not smart enough to be in the conversation about healthcare re- form. I have come to the realization that we all need to get involved in what we are passionate about and nothing will change unless we take action. What is your proudest moment? There is a patient that the knows pretty well and is a in the emergency department. He was without a stable home and addicted to heroin.
He would come in the ED often, especially on cold nights. He was extremely averse to talking about his health, and usually left soon after eating a sandwich and warming up. A few months ago, he presented with some back pain and a fever. He had an epidural ab- scess, a known complication of IV drug abuse. This is a life-threatening infection that needs emergency neu- rosurgery.
He refused surgery and was going to leave the hospital. The need to use heroin during withdrawal is so strong that all he could think of was to get out of the hospital to use. Our recovery coach was able to talk to him, we talked about options for pain management, and he agreed to surgery. A few months later I walked into a room to meet a patient that had cut themselves while doing dishes. He said, know me.
You took care of me a few months It was the same patient. He was transformed. He was happy, proud, looking me in the eye. He had been successful in avoiding opiates since the surgery. He had reunited with his family and was living with them.
He was even caring for his kids while she went to work. I think my feet touched the ground for the rest of the shift. Doniere Continued from Page 1A Dr. Julie Doniere implemented a program to give away gun locks like this one at Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital-St. Joseph Campus in Milwaukee to help prevent accidental shootings.
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