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Services for Kathy Gebard,
Centers for Osteopathic Research and Education administrator, and
Bridget Wagner, D.O. (’94), CORE assistant dean, will take
place this weekend. The college will hold a memorial service in
Athens Tuesday, Nov. 2. A memorial service
for Kathy Gebard will also be held at Grandview Hospital Tuesday, Nov.
16, and for Bridget Wagner at Christ Episcopal Church in Warren
Thursday, Nov. 18.
Kathy Gebard and Bridget Wagner died in a
plane crash Tuesday, Oct. 19, in Kirksville, Mo. The plane went
down on final approach for landing outside the Kirksville
airport. Thirteen of the 15 abroad died.
The visitation for Kathy will
be held Friday, Oct. 29, at Kindred Funeral Home, 400 Union
Blvd., Englewood, from 5 to 8 p.m. The funeral service will
begin at 10:30 a.m. the next day at the Kindred Funeral Home.
Personal expressions of sympathy may be sent to Timothy and
Aaron Gebard, 4491 Valley Brook Drive, Englewood, 45322.
A funeral mass for Bridget will
be held Saturday, Oct. 30, at St. James Catholic Church, 2532
Burton St. SE, Warren, at 11 a.m. The burial will take place
immediately following the mass.
A Celebration of Life Ceremony
for Bridget will follow the burial, to be held at Leo's Restorante, 7042 E. Market St., Warren. Personal expressions of
sympathy may be sent to Bridget's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Welch,
686 Eastland Ave., Warren, 44484. It was requested that no
flowers be sent.
The Nov. 2 memorial service in
Athens will take place in Irvine Hall, room 194, at 2 p.m.
On Friday, Oct. 22,
memorial wreaths were placed outside of
Grosvenor Hall and in front of
Konneker Alumni Center in memory of Bridget and Kathy.
Kathy's Nov. 16 Grandview
Hospital (Dayton) memorial service will be held in the
auditorium at noon. Bridget's Nov. 18 Christ Episcopal Church
memorial service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church, 2627
Atlantic St. NE, Warren, at 1 p.m.
“It is terribly difficult to
lose two young people who were so important personally and
professionally to our college,” says Jack Brose, D.O.,
dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine. “Bridget was a
dedicated student advocate and fighter for the medically
underserved in this country and abroad. She was a skilled
physician, loving mother and valued personal friend.”
In remembering Kathy Gebard, Brose
says, “Kathy was a truly unique individual who cannot be
replaced. She was a wonderful friend to students, faculty and
administration and was a dedicated wife and loving mother. She
had an uncanny ability to bring people together even when
dealing with difficult issues.”
Bridget Wagner was a 1994 graduate of
the college and joined the university in 2001. As a CORE assistant
dean, she served as the academic officer for medical students in
their third and fourth years. In addition, she also was the
liaison for the CORE system and its affiliated hospitals and
colleges of osteopathic medicine.
Kathy Gebard joined Ohio University
in 1989 and as administrator in the Dayton area, she provided
advising and guidance for medical students in their third and
fourth years, monitored their progress and coordinated medical
training opportunities.
Donations in
memory of Kathy and Bridget should be made to The Ohio
University Foundation and sent to The Ohio
University Foundation, P.O. Box 869, Athens, Ohio, 45701.
Please designate your donations to either the
Bridget Wagner Memorial or the
Kathy Gebard Memorial. Their families will be informed of
OU-COM memorial donors. If you have any questions regarding a
donation, please contact Susan Lash Blanchard, director
of development, at (740) 593-2151.
If you have any questions
regarding the services, please contact Carol Blue,
assistant to the dean, at (740) 593-2178.
“Our thoughts and prayers are
with the families of Bridget and Kathy and to all those who lost
family and loved ones as a result of this tragedy,” says Ohio
University President Roderick McDavis, Ph.D. “I know that our
medical school faculty and staff are a very tight-knit family
and while that makes this loss so profoundly difficult, it will
also be a source of great strength in the days and weeks ahead.”
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