[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14869]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  PAYING TRIBUTE TO LORI A. NIMMERFROH

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2002

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I stand before this body of Congress today 
to honor a dedicated nurse and mother of two from Denver, Colorado. 
Lori A. Nimmerfroh was an exceptional woman who exhibited unrelenting 
passion and spirit throughout her life. She passed away only in March, 
far too early, at the age of 38. She will be remembered as a remarkable 
woman whose memory will be celebrated forever by her family, friends, 
and patients.
  Lori Nimmerfroh graduated from Grand Junction High School and 
continued her higher education at Pacific Lutheran University in 
Tacoma, Washington. She later received her nursing degree from the 
University of Northern Colorado and began working for Mercy Medical 
Center in Denver. In 1997, she attained the position of clinical nurse 
coordinator for Rose Medical Center, and was promoted to nurse manager 
of the medical intensive care units in the surgical ward in 1999. Her 
colleagues honored her in 2000 when she was awarded the Rose Leader of 
the Year Award and was nominated for the Nightingale Award in 2002. 
Lori also had as enormous impact on her family, her parents Diane and 
Dick Reineer, brother and sister Steve and Jodi, her husband Paul, and 
two sons Nick and Hunter.
  Mr. Speaker, I am here today to join the loved ones of Lori A. 
Nimmerfroh in the mourning of her loss. She positively contributed to 
the betterment of her community, state, and nation. I would like to 
express my deepest condolences to her friends and family, and offer the 
recognition of this Body of Congress to the many impacts, both small 
and large that Lori made. While we will all miss her tremendously, all 
who knew her will be incalculably better off because she played a role 
in their lives.

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