Award-winning therapist never regretted diversion
Mary Liedloff shifted from a pre medical track to physical therapy after watching therapists in a polio ward. She moved to Carbondale in 1962 to join Dr Roy Philipp and built Memorial Hospital of Carbondale’s physical therapy department from one therapist to a team including four therapists, assistants, interns, and staff. Hospital administrator George Maroney praised her growth of the program and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Marx
Southern Illinoisan
Mary Liedloff
Outstanding Physical Therapist Mary Liedloff Honored
Hospital administrator lauds Mary Liedloff for stability and leadership under pressure. She was named Outstanding Physical Therapist by the Illinois Chapter of the American Physical Therapists Association, recognized for education research administration patient care and service. Liedloff serves on clinical faculties at several universities and chaired the Illinois Physical Therapy Examining Committee. She emphasizes preventing nursing home care and evaluating patients for assistive devices amid funding constraints. She remains motivated, noting ongoing challenges and a desire to preserve personal touch.
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Mary Liedloff
Illinois
APTA
Northwestern University
Southern Illinois Uni
Washington University
St. Louis
Chicago Medical College
Illinois Physical Therapy Examining Committee
Carbondale Clinic
West Frankfort Couple Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Charles Leek of West Frankfort celebrate 50 years of marriage. Married in Vergennes on December 17 1930 the Leeks moved from Elkville to West Frankfort in 1962. He is a retired miner with 49 years service. They have one son Larry W his wife Mary Ann and grandchildren Douglas and Stephanie of Sparta.
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Charles Leek
West Frankfort
Vergennes
Elkville
Leek
Larry W
Mary Ann
Douglas
Stephanie
Sparta
America
Mommie Dearest
New York
Whacko
Saint Erma’s epitaph and shopping for kids gifts satire
Erma Bombeck humorously rewrites a tombstone while detailing the holiday rush for children’s gifts. She recalls absurd toy obsessions, shopping chaos, and the exhausting, comic chase for perfect presents amid media and store culture, noting the pressure on mothers and the holiday season’s chaos.
Dear Ann Landers on Rhode Island and sexual confidence
A reader asks about a man called Rhode Island who fears ridicule for being underendowed. Respondents share varied experiences from locker room taunting to personal insecurities, noting confidence, communication, and mutual respect matter more than size. The consensus: true connection comes from how a man treats a partner, not physical measurements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Rhode Island
Pardeeville
Wis
Pardee
Miami
X-Peer
Philadelphia
At Wit's End Saint Erma to Kick Around
Field Enterprises, Inc. notes a public or humorous reference to Saint Erma, expressing frustration with ongoing debate or controversy and a wish for relief from the ongoing dispute.
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Saint Erma
Field Enterprises, Inc
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Jeremy Williams
Horeca
Olan Mills
Irene Leek
Erma Bombeck
Erma
Our Lady of Perpetual
Channel 4
Los Angeles
California
Rapid City
S.D
Long Island
Ullititilile
Lark Cleveland
Melville, N.Y
R.I
Bellingham
Wash
West
Frankfort
Bane-Clene Corp
E. Main
Judy
Wit’s End
Atta
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