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  A SPECIAL UNVEILING . . . took place Monday afternoon, November 3, for a painting gifted to Covenant HealthCare Harrison by the Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association.  Above, Frankenmuth artist Stephen Hargash and Frankenmuth Township resident Deanna Frank pull off the black cloth covering the painting. The SGH Alumni Assoc. recently disbanded and Frank was its last president.  (News photo/Scott Wenzel)

Two Frankenmuth residents have their hands in nursing art legacy

  A pair of Frankenmuth residents played large roles in placing a fitting end to a nursing school legacy in Saginaw earlier this week.

  In a packed conference room at Covenant HealthCare Harrison Monday afternoon, November 3, the Saginaw General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association gifted a 4 x 4 mural with an unveiling event.

  Frankenmuth’s Deanna Frank, a member of the SGH Alumni Association, led the 30-minute ceremony, detailing the history of the Saginaw Hospital established in the late 1800s by a small group of women with a vision after a training school for student nurses. By the early 1900s, the facility became known as Saginaw General Hospital and nursing student were trained on site, including living in dorms at the hospital.

  This school provide and estimated 2,400 registered nurses to local communities, Frank pointed out. When Delta College was established in the early 1960s, and other schools provided nursing education, the SGH School of Nursing closed in 1969.......

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