A former nursing home administrator is being remembered for her compassionate care and advocacy for the elderly. The late Nancy Steinke of Fond du lac was recently recognized with the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus award from Moraine Park Technical College. Longtime friend Mary Cody nominated Steinke for the award shortly before Steinke passed away last year. Steinke graduated from Moraine Park in 1`975 with a diploma as a licensed practical nurse. She worked at Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, administrator at Calumet Homestead Rehabilitation Center in New Holstein and the Christian Home and Rehabilitation Center in Waupun. For more than a decade should was a partner and eventually became sole owner of Touchstone Living Center in North Fond du Lac. Cody says Steinke was the ultimate caregiver and is greatly missed. Shortly after her death, the Nancy Steinke Nursing Scholarhip was established for Moraine Park nursing students.
