Sue Hillger honored at Human Rights Celebration
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Courtesy of Jennifer West
Sue Hillger was the guest of honor at a Jan. 19 Human Rights Celebration presented by Church Women United of Highland County.
The event was held at Peace Lutheran Church on Harry Sauner Road in Hillsboro.
Valeta Doorneweerd of Church Women United presented a certificate to Hillger in recognition of her community service.
Hillger was Adams County's first full-time public health nurse. Employed by the Ohio Department of Health, she started three clinics at the health department in West Union.
Hillger retired briefly after the birth of her last son, but returned to work in 1982, supervising a nursing home in Adams County. In 1988, she started the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She worked there as well as two other nursing homes in Morrow and Saint Clairsville, all owned by the same corporation.
In 2008, she retired again and then began teaching nurse's aides and nursing students at the UC Clermont County campus. She had an earlier teaching position in the 1980s at SSCC’s Medical Assisting program.
She serves on the council of Peace Lutheran Church and has been president of the council and the ELCA Synod Council in the past. She is also a member of the local AAUW chapter, the Hillsboro Rotary Club and the Women’s Club of West Union.
The Church Women United Human Rights Celebration was started in 2006 in the hopes of bringing to light those who have and are working toward equality for all. Awards have honored amazing women and men whose work has made an impact on their community or on the world at large.
Sue Hillger was the guest of honor at a Jan. 19 Human Rights Celebration presented by Church Women United of Highland County.
The event was held at Peace Lutheran Church on Harry Sauner Road in Hillsboro.
Valeta Doorneweerd of Church Women United presented a certificate to Hillger in recognition of her community service.
Hillger was Adams County's first full-time public health nurse. Employed by the Ohio Department of Health, she started three clinics at the health department in West Union.
Hillger retired briefly after the birth of her last son, but returned to work in 1982, supervising a nursing home in Adams County. In 1988, she started the Crestwood Nursing Center in Hillsboro. She worked there as well as two other nursing homes in Morrow and Saint Clairsville, all owned by the same corporation.
In 2008, she retired again and then began teaching nurse's aides and nursing students at the UC Clermont County campus. She had an earlier teaching position in the 1980s at SSCC’s Medical Assisting program.
She serves on the council of Peace Lutheran Church and has been president of the council and the ELCA Synod Council in the past. She is also a member of the local AAUW chapter, the Hillsboro Rotary Club and the Women’s Club of West Union.
The Church Women United Human Rights Celebration was started in 2006 in the hopes of bringing to light those who have and are working toward equality for all. Awards have honored amazing women and men whose work has made an impact on their community or on the world at large.