By JoAnn Biren
Staffwriter
The Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner was on hand for the party which honored Darlene Mechtenberg last week. The event was held at Murray County Medical Center where Mechtenberg has worked in the field of nursing since October, 1989 when it was called Murray County Memorial Hospital. Turner gave a short speech, her voice breaking as she fought tears as she presented Mechtenberg with a plaque celebrating her 50 years of nursing.
“I am honored to make the drive down here,” Turner stated before presenting the award. “Darlene is the epitome of what nurses are, what they are to their community.”
Darlene Block was born in Slayton in 1946 when the birth of a baby saw the mother and child staying in the hospital for 10 days and the total bill a whopping $120. She graduated from Slayton High School in 1964 and said with a laugh, “There were five careers for girls, teacher, nurse, secretary, beautician and Mrs!” She chose to go the route of nurse and has never regretted her decision.
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