Obituary of Marie Gering

Marie Gering passed away on March 22, 2008 at the Ebenezer Care Center in Brush, Colorado at the age of 85. Marie June Gering was born September 3, 1922 on her parent’s farm 18 miles northeast of Flagler, Colorado. Marie attended the Shiloh country school and finished the tenth grade there. She worked at the Flagler Hospital for three years and completed high school in Flagler graduating in 1946 after and absence from school for several years. She was baptized at the Shiloh Baptist Church. In 1962 her membership was transferred to the Park Hill United Methodist Church were she was still an active member. In 1949 she graduated from St. Lukes Hospital School of nursing as a registered nurse. Marie received her B.S. degree in nursing in 1976 from Metropolitan College in Denver. Her nursing career included general duty nursing at St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, St. Luke’s General Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, Columbia University Hospital in New York City, New York and Operating Room duty at Jersey City, New Jersey. Upon returning to Denver she worked in the Operating Room at St. Luke’s Hospital and part time duty at the Booth Salvation Army Hospital. She retired in 1983 after 24 years as the head nurse in the Surgical Operating Room at the Denver Veteran’s Hospital. During her retirement she was involved in many volunteer duties including the Denver Museum of Natural History, Volunteers of America, Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Artreach, Denver Rescue Mission, which included a Health Mission trip to Haiti and also an assistant instructor in a water therapy class for seniors with arthritis at the Rose Hospital. Marie enjoyed traveling and she has made many overseas trips and has been in every state in the United States. Several trips were taken with the Elderhostel groups, Victor Emanuel Birders groups of Texas and the Denver Jackson Camera Club. She enjoyed the mountains and the plains of eastern Colorado also. Memorial may be made in Marie’s name to the Flagler Ambulance Service and may be left at or sent to the High Plains Bank, 329 Main Avenue, Flagler, Colorado 80815.