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PATHWAYS
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Langlade Hospital
112 E. Fifth Ave., Antigo, WI 54409
715-623-2331
715-623-9200
David Schneider
Executive Director
Pat Tincher
Director of Finance
Janelle Markgraf
Director of Human Resources
Ruth Risley-Gray
Director of Patient Services and Quality Management
Betsy Kommers
Marketing and Fund Development Manager
Sarah Olafson
Marketing and Fund Development Assistant
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Contents
WINTER 2014
Follow Sara Arrowood’s path from decision
through commitment to success.
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By Dave Schneider, Executive Director, Langlade Hospital
SISTERS
of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph
were asked to come to Antigo to open the new
hospital that had been standing empty for many
months after it had been built during the Great
Depression. They opened the doors of Langlade Hospital for the first
time in April 1933 and have been operating the facility ever since.
The Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph was founded by a layman,
Jérôme Le Royer, a tax collector and father of five children, in La Flèche,
France, in the 17th century. A little later, some of the Sisters traveled
from France to help settle Canada. Their history is filled with stories
of incredible courage and vitality, but most important, their work was
carried out with deep faith, compassion and a love of all persons in need.
Today their ministry of good works extends to Canada, the United
States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Peru and France.
When the hospital first opened in 1933, many of the employees and
managers and the hospital administrator were Religious Hospitallers of
St. Joseph. They nurtured the hospital, its patients and the community for
generations. But the number of Sisters has grown smaller and smaller. In
1976, the first lay administrator of Langlade Hospital was appointed.
Today, three Sisters remain and continue to love, serve and minister
to patients, employees, providers and volunteers at Langlade Hospital.
Sister Dolores Demulling, Sister Jean Bricco and Sister Adele Demulling
continue to work tirelessly in the care of others. While their roles have
changed over the years, they continue to serve as role models expressing
their deep faith in God and paying witness to what is good in the world.
Langlade Hospital has been blessed for 80 years by the presence of
the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph and we are hopeful that Sisters
Dolores, Jean and Adele will continue to serve the patients and this
community for many more years to come. It is a privilege for all of us at
Langlade Hospital to have served with these wonderful women, who have
taught us so much about what health care is really all about.
Thank you, Sisters!
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