Lauralee S Krabill Scholarship Fund
Tax deductible
This scholarship fund is in honor of Lauralee Krabill, a nursing educator in Sandusky, Ohio. Contributions made to this scholarship will directly benefit the LPNs applying to the program that Lauralee started. Lauralee lost her 19 year battle with breast cancer in 2021 and her family is honoring her with the creation of this memorial scholarship program.
Lauralee was a wife, mom, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, nurse, survivor. When she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2002. Her daughter was a senior in high school and her son was a junior in college. Those next few months and years we set small goals for milestones she wanted to be alive for. Her daughters high school graduation, her sons college graduation. Watching her kids get married and being blessed with grandkids.
She was the mom and grandma everyone deserved. She would help out at the drop of a hat during those early newborn stages or when her kids moved from house to house. Her grandkids loved climbing into bed in the morning and getting her snuggles and flipping through pictures in her phone.
Aside from having these above cherished roles she was also an amazing nurse, nurse educator, and advocate.
Lauralee’s nursing career began in 1975 at Riverside Methodist Hospital on an orthopedic floor where she cared for many Ohio State football players. In 1978 she married Jeff and moved to Sandusky and became an operating room nurse at Providence Hospital, where she eventually joined the staff of the Providence School of Nursing. The teaching staff at Providence School of Nursing became some of her closest, lifelong friends.
In 2000, she joined a team of colleagues to open the Northern Ohio Surgical Center, which is now called Erie Shores Surgery Center. Many of the original staff nurses that Lauraleehired are still working there and it is also one of our most important clinical sites for the LPN program, as they go there to obtain the requirements for their IV certifications.
In 2005, Sandusky City Schools wanted to bring back the LPN program. Lauralee was chosen to take on the responsibility of writing the curriculum, implementing the whole program, and obtaining the proper approvals and accreditations to be able to run the program. She did this in a matter of 10 months. Through her efforts with this program, she assisted with 16 graduations, for a total of 338 LPNs. Many of these LPNs have gone back for their Registered nurse or nurse practitioner degrees. She was also the director of the medical assisting and phlebotomy program and the pharmacy tech program.
When you sit back and reflect on someone that had a career like Lauralee’s, it truly is astonishing to think about everything she did. I believe that was able to do this because she was always thinking about the future; if she didn’t like something, she advocated all the way to the top to change it; and most importantly…she was approachable and kind.
Lauralee was a forward-thinker and was able to predict the future needs of the nursing profession. With the nursing shortage, she knew we needed to get nurses through programs to get them to the bedside faster. She had a skill of forcasting those needs and implementing them quickly. This is why Lauralee began a new LPN to RN Diploma Program in 2017. She saw the need and she acted on it. The LPN to RN Program is currently in its 5th class and has graduated 124 Registered Nurses.
Lauralee also had a constant mindset that if you don’t like something, you have to get involved, and advocate to change it. She did this through her involvement with many organizations including the Ohio Organization of Practical Nurse Educators, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 100 Women of Erie County, and she even served as the Ohio Board of Nursing President until her passing. Her dedication to these organizations displayed her commitment to the future of nursing.
Lauralee’s nursing career began in 1975 at Riverside Methodist Hospital on an orthopedic floor where she cared for many Ohio State football players. In 1978 she married Jeff and moved to Sandusky and became an operating room nurse at Providence Hospital, where she eventually joined the staff of the Providence School of Nursing. The teaching staff at Providence School of Nursing became some of her closest, lifelong friends.
In 2000, she joined a team of colleagues to open the Northern Ohio Surgical Center, which is now called Erie Shores Surgery Center. Many of the original staff nurses that Lauraleehired are still working there and it is also one of our most important clinical sites for the LPN program, as they go there to obtain the requirements for their IV certifications.
In 2005, Sandusky City Schools wanted to bring back the LPN program. Lauralee was chosen to take on the responsibility of writing the curriculum, implementing the whole program, and obtaining the proper approvals and accreditations to be able to run the program. She did this in a matter of 10 months. Through her efforts with this program, she assisted with 16 graduations, for a total of 338 LPNs. Many of these LPNs have gone back for their Registered nurse or nurse practitioner degrees. She was also the director of the medical assisting and phlebotomy program and the pharmacy tech program.
When you sit back and reflect on someone that had a career like Lauralee’s, it truly is astonishing to think about everything she did. I believe that was able to do this because she was always thinking about the future; if she didn’t like something, she advocated all the way to the top to change it; and most importantly…she was approachable and kind.
Lauralee was a forward-thinker and was able to predict the future needs of the nursing profession. With the nursing shortage, she knew we needed to get nurses through programs to get them to the bedside faster. She had a skill of forcasting those needs and implementing them quickly. This is why Lauralee began a new LPN to RN Diploma Program in 2017. She saw the need and she acted on it. The LPN to RN Program is currently in its 5th class and has graduated 124 Registered Nurses.
Lauralee also had a constant mindset that if you don’t like something, you have to get involved, and advocate to change it. She did this through her involvement with many organizations including the Ohio Organization of Practical Nurse Educators, Association of Operating Room Nurses, 100 Women of Erie County, and she even served as the Ohio Board of Nursing President until her passing. Her dedication to these organizations displayed her commitment to the future of nursing.
Organizer
Leeanna Gardner
Organizer
Sandusky, OH
Sandusky Education Foundation
Beneficiary