Kitty Geier ’59 serves patients as hospital volunteer

Photo by David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal

Katherine T. “Kitty” Sprague Geier “retired” after 50 years of working as a nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. As a December 3, 2015, Wisconsin State Journal “Know Your Madisonian” profile by David Wahlberg made clear, however, she didn’t leave her patient behind. Kitty continues to share her compassionate care with people as a volunteer who greets and escorts people to their treatments. In addition, she participates in a range of other services, sometimes sitting with dying patients as part of the hospital’s No One Dies Alone program, a welcome presence, especially when family members are not immediately available.