HSHS St. Francis Hospital

08/28/2025

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08/27/2025

Our HSHS Hospice team holds this beautiful event at all of our HSHS Illinois hospitals annually to help those who are grieving a loss – living out our Mission with love and compassion. Thank you to The Catholic Health Association of the United States for helping share this story.

https://www.facebook.com/catholichealthassociation/posts/pfbid02mfeR2HrY1XoXBEocBVCVBYiD8ACwJsorHwjDnTbgP69G5S961pMAWKoacspbMGiHl

Hospital Sisters Health System has created an opportunity for those experiencing grief to honor their loved ones by releasing butterflies. They may see the butterfly as a way to emerge from their grief, like a caterpillar from a cocoon, or as a message to their loved one that they can send off with love. 🦋

Read more about the symbolism of this event at:
https://hubs.li/Q03D_PrG0

08/27/2025

With Prairie Cardiovascular, you’ll know your heart is in the right place. It’s here — in the land you call home. And it’s in the way you treat your neighbors and in our passion for pursuing advances in care for you.

08/26/2025

Check school physicals off your to-do list and get back to summer fun. Take advantage of walk-in physicals for $20 at select locations. Learn more at http://www.hshsmedicalgroup.org/school.

08/25/2025

Our Mission continues through generations of health care workers following in the footsteps of our Hospital Sisters and their own family members. Thank you to Jaime Koonce and Kristin Plasters for sharing their story and for the compassionate care they provide to our community.❤️

For many in Montgomery County, HSHS St. Francis Hospital has been a part of some of their highest and lowest moments over the past 150 years. But for longtime registered nurse Jamie Koonce and four …

08/25/2025

🚗🍽️ The next St. Francis Auxiliary Drive-thru Dinner fundraiser will be Monday, Sept. 8 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Enjoy delicious rigatoni pasta with meat sauce, green beans, Caesar salad and garlic bread catered by Nelson’s Catering of Springfield plus a delicious dessert provided by the Auxiliary.

Cost per meal is $14, with proceeds supporting our Family Maternity Center.

Order your meal by noon on Monday, Sept. 1 by visiting www.stfrancis-litchfield.org/dinners, or at the hospital gift shop.

For more info, visit https://stfrancis-litchfield.org/events or call Paula Endress at 217-324-8200. Don’t miss out on the good eats for a great cause! 💖

08/23/2025

Explore a network of free or reduced cost community-based programs and services with HSHS Community Connect. To learn more visit hshs.org/connect.

08/22/2025

We love our Auxiliary volunteers! ❤️ This summer we gathered together to celebrate them and their service to the hospital.

The Auxilians hosted the recipients of their continuing medical scholarships. Scholarship Committee Chair Denise DeLaCruz announced the four scholarship recipients who each received a $1,000 scholarship. 🎉 Congratulations to:
- Lauren Monke of Litchfield, nursing student at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
- Finley Riley of Palmyra, physical therapy student at Missouri State University
- Victor Buehler III of Staunton, nursing student at Eastern Illinois University
- Riley Heyen of Litchfield, nursing student at Illinois College

Paula Endress, Philanthropy Program Manager, also recognized the following volunteers for achieving service milestones: 🌟
- 100 hours: Theresa Duncan, Elisa Feldmann, Suzanne Fleming, Beth Martin and Rhonda Weatherford
- 200 hours: Lisa Heyen, Marla Holderread, Linda Maulding and Jan Smith
- 300 hours: Susan Akalan, Lou Ellen Anderson, Denise DeLaCruz and Tammy Land
- 400 hours: Linda Cruthis
- 500 Hours: Rita Bryant and Donna Spencer
- 600 hours: Gwen Barcum and Nancy Hyam
- 700 hours: Judy Sneed and Patti Waggoner
- 800 hours: Sylvia Boehme and Paulette Marten
- 1000 hours: Jane Martin
- 1400 hours: Jan Johns
- 3800 hours: Jeanne Banovic
- 4400 hours: Joann Tabaka
- 4700 hours: Dorothy Stierwalt
Total of all those hours = an astounding 23,400 hours!❣️

Another special part of the event was when Jeanne Banovic, Volunteer Coordinator of the Auxiliary’s Gift Shop, presented a check to the hospital for $12,751.11 for proceeds from the Gift Shop. 👏 These funds will benefit the hospital’s Family Maternity Center. The Gift Shop operates Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is operated solely by volunteers for the benefit of the hospital and its patients and visitors.

Auxiliary President Gwen Barcum expressed her thanks to all volunteers for their service, especially for supplying desserts for the drive-thru dinners this summer, and for their work on the special Auxiliary’s cookbook being done in honor of the hospital’s 150th anniversary. Over 300 recipes were submitted by Auxilians, colleagues, former colleagues, Sisters and HSHS System Leadership. The cookbook will be available for sale in the Gift Shop this fall.😋

Want to join in on the fun? Those interested in becoming a member of the Auxiliary can contact Gwen Barcum at 217-324-2191 for more information.

08/21/2025

⛳Thank you to all who joined us at our golf benefit celebrating our hospital’s 150th anniversary. It was a special day celebrating a special anniversary! Congratulations to our top finishers:🏆
- FIRST PLACE - Curt Faas team (Curt Faas, Don Gursh, Erin Niehaus and Troy Redfern)
- SECOND PLACE (determined by scorecard playoff as there was a tie) - Jim Martin team (Jim Martin, Tom Baker, Scott Cossiboom and John Winn)
- THIRD PLACE - KEB team (Ben Schwab, Josh Franke, Andrew Potter and Jacob Frerichs)
- LONGEST DRIVE (Men and Women) - Kyle Loucks and Nichole Hankins
- LONGEST PUTT (Men and Women) - John Winn and Laura Peterson
- CLOSEST TO THE PIN - Ethan Endress

Thank you to Associated Pathologists (gold sponsor); McDonald’s, Alton Physical Therapy and O’Shea Builders (silver sponsors) and Litchfield Family Practice Centers (luncheon sponsor).

We are grateful as well to all our hole sponsors: CNB Bank & Trust, TCCU, Victory Lane Ford, Elisa and Terry Feldmann, Plummer Funeral Home, Hyam Law Office, Litchfield National Bank, Sullivan Drugs, Jubelt’s Bakery & Restaurant, Legacy Vinyl & Apparel, DeLaurent Construction Company, Joseph Boente & Sons, Tosetti & Associates, First National Bank of Litchfield Niemann Grain Farms, Mac’s Fire & Safety, Bank & Trust Company, Cisler & Associates Real Estate, Grain Belt Express, Carrollton Bank, Prairie Cardiovascular, Litchfield Family Funeral Services, KEB CPA’s and Advisors, Century 21 Reid Baugher Realty, Carpenters Local 270, Clockwise Financial Partners-Ameriprise, Kinney Contractors, Pepsi Refreshment Services, and Hillsboro Rental-Rench Trucking.

Jack Tosetti (shown with Paula Endress, Philanthropy Program Manager), shared he was pleased to be a supporter of the event as, “we are very fortunate to have a Catholic hospital in our area.”

Over $15,000 was raised benefitting the hospital’s Family Maternity Birth Center. Special thanks goes to the event planning committee for their time and expertise: Steve Bryant, Curt Faas, Eric Heyen, Tim Langen, Jim Martin, Laura Peterson and John Winans. We couldn’t have done it without you ❤️

08/19/2025

Our St. Francis Hospital family is heartbroken at the passing of our beloved colleague of 52 years, Nancy Shade. She had a profound impact on many throughout her long career here and our hospital family will be taking time to celebrate and honor Nancy’s life alongside her family.

Local services are being provided by Plummer Funeral Home in Litchfield and officiated by Nancy's son, Pastor Jim W. Shade.
https://www.plummerfuneralservices.com/obituary/Nancy-Shade

Please keep Nancy’s family, friends, our colleagues and all who worked closely with her in your prayers during this difficult time. Her light will shine on through the many colleagues’ and patients’ lives she touched. 💙

08/16/2025

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