Hazel Ring "Marceil" Lauppe

Monty & Sonya and Families, May God Bless You at this time of sorrow. I had the priviledge of working with Marceil when I was the Executive Director of VNA from 1977 to1980. I commuted from Topeka. Marceil and I shared an octagon-shaped office in a previous insurance building, with the Douglas County Health Dept. We each had our own desks that connected along the front of each others, so we faced each other. I have such fond memories of how we both managed to get our work done. One...

Knowing Marceil as the leader of the VNA, as a board member, I can say she was a practical visionary. Douglas Countians are blessed with a great service today because of the nurturing of the agency by Marceil. She humbly approached each person and had concern for not only the patients in the community but for her staff. She, along with Sandra Shaw and Kay Kent, working together designed the Community Health Building that houses the Health Department, the VNA and Bert Nash. Best of all,...

Marceil headed VNA when I was on the United Way board and there was not a better leader of any agency. She was appreciated by those with whom she worked and especially by the clients and their families who were served by VNA during her leadership. She was irreplaceable.