- Date Of Death: July 3, 2019
- State: New Mexico
René Theresa West, 87, passed away in Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Born on Monday, March 21, 1932 in Marshfield, WI, René graduated from Divine Savior High School in Milwaukee, WI. René received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Nursing Administration from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Her nursing career took her to Muskogee, OK, where she met Dick West, whom she married on December 20, 1969. They lived in Muskogee, Lawrence, KS, and Fort Gibson, OK; after Dick’s retirement from Bacone College, they moved to Tijeras, NM to be near Dick’s son, Jim, and his family.
René taught in the newly-established nursing program at Bacone College in Muskogee. She continued her nursing career in a community nursing program in Lawrence, and at the Veteran’s Hospitals in Muskogee and Albuquerque, NM. In 1991, she received a US Government commendation for the quality and care she gave to her work, students, and patients.
