OBIT: Dolores Jean "Dee" HARKINS, 2004, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Dolores Jean (Dee) Harkins
  
  Dolores Jean (Dee) Harkins, 74, Toledo, died March 1, 2004.  She was born in
  Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Ira R. (Mildred Scott)
  Harkins.  She is survived by sisters, Janet, wife of James Ferner of Tiffin,
  Ohio, Mrs. Lois Paden of Danville, and a brother, David P. Harkins of St.
  Louis, Mo. Her joy of life and fierce independence will be greatly missed
  by numerous nieces and nephews who could always count on her love, care,
  and support of their various activities and her attendance at all
  significant family events.  Ms. Harkins was a graduate of Ridgeway High
  School, Ridgeway and West Penn School of Nursing in Pittsburgh.
  Additionally, she attended Indiana University and the University of
  Michigan, earning her BSN and Masters in Nursing, respectively.  She also
  attended the Pacific School of Religion in Berkley, Calif., the Hartford
  Seminary in Hartford, Conn. and the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at
  Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.  Dee's career in nursing spanned more
  than four decades and two continents, affecting the lives of many people
  along the way.  She served 10 years as a nurse in the mission field in
  Ghana, Africa.  During those years she was instrumental in implementing a
  self-sustaining school of nursing in Worawora, Ghana.  Her nursing career in
  the U.S. was largely teaching-oriented.  She was a member of the teaching
  staff at Bryn Mawr School of Nursing in Philadelphia, the Nursing Program
  at Maysville Community College in Maysville, Ky. and most recently, at the
  Medical College of Ohio School of Nursing.  Dee's instructional expertise
  included courses in clinical practices, obstetrics, geriatric care and
  ethics, earning the respect and admiration of both co-workers and students.
  This is best illustrated by multiple awards bestowed upon her by faculty,
  staff and student groups.  Ms. Harkins was an active member of Sylvania
  United Church of Christ, Sylvania, Ohio and was deeply involved in many
  church-related activities including bell choir, book studies, Habitat for
  Humanity and speaking engagements about the mission field.  The family will
  greet friends and former co-workers at 10 a.m. for fellowship and
  visitation and a Celebration of Life at 11 a.m. on March 13 at the Sylvania
  United Church of Christ, Sylvania, Ohio.  The Celebration will be officiated
  by her pastor, the Rev. Bill Chidester, assisted by her niece, the Rev.
  Jill Harkins Goodman.  The Reeb Funeral Home, 5712 N. Main St., Sylvania,
  Ohio 43560, assisted the family with arrangements.  The family suggests that
  memorials by made to Sylvania United Church of Christ, 7240 Erie St.,
  Sylvania, Ohio 43560 or Hospice of Northwest Ohio, 30000 East River Road,
  Perrysburg, Ohio, 43551.
  
  03/06/2004Ê Daily American