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		<title>Randylyon at 20:19, 19 December 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:nertl.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]ERTL, Nancy. (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 12, 1937--Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 11, 2015). Nancy graduated from Mercy School of Nursing in 1958 and later attended the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]]. She was employed by [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]] from 1958 until 1987 serving in a variety of nursing leadership positions. Starting in the operating room, she became the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;OR &lt;/del&gt;head nurse at the age of twenty-one and ultimately the department manager. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the hospital&#039;s first cardiac surgery department&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Nancy was privileged to be elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Operating Room Nurses in 1972 and was elected President in 1978. In 1987 Nancy joined [[MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC (THE)]] and in 2000 retired as Chief Operating Officer. She was a key part in the planning for Medical Associates West Campus. She enjoyed mentoring other nurses and helping them take on leadership and management positions&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:nertl.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]ERTL, Nancy. (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 12, 1937--Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 11, 2015). Nancy graduated from Mercy School of Nursing in 1958 and later attended the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]]. She was employed by [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]] from 1958 until 1987 serving in a variety of nursing leadership positions. Starting in the operating room, she became the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Operating Room &lt;/ins&gt;head nurse at the age of twenty-one and ultimately the department manager. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the hospital&#039;s first cardiac surgery department.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the early 1980s &lt;/del&gt;Nancy and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;her good friend Sylvia Doyle of Houston, Texas founded Nursing Expertise &lt;/del&gt;in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Software Design&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The company developed software for computer systems &lt;/del&gt;in the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;operating room&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Products included scheduling, inventory, utilization, quality assurance &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;patient care plans. They traveled extensively consulting with many hospitals &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;later sold the company to a large Tennessee firm&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Nancy was privileged to be elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Operating Room Nurses in 1972 and was elected President in 1978. &lt;/ins&gt;In &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1987 &lt;/ins&gt;Nancy &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;joined [[MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC (THE)]] &lt;/ins&gt;and in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2000 retired as Chief Operating Officer&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;She was a key part &lt;/ins&gt;in the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;planning for Medical Associates West Campus&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;She enjoyed mentoring other nurses &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;helping them take on leadership &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;management positions&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nancy contributed most of success in business, golf, and entertaining to the support she received from her &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;best friend and &lt;/del&gt;husband, Fred. They enjoyed traveling the world together in their business and professional roles with visits to Japan, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In the early 1980s, Nancy and her good friend Sylvia Doyle of Houston, Texas founded Nursing Expertise in Software Design. The company developed software for computer systems in the operating room. Products included scheduling, inventory, utilization, quality assurance and patient care plans. They traveled extensively consulting with many hospitals and later sold the company to a large Tennessee firm.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nancy contributed most of success in business, golf, and entertaining to the support she received from her husband, Fred. They enjoyed traveling the world together in their business and professional roles with visits to Japan, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Randylyon at 02:28, 24 November 2015</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:nertl.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]ERTL, Nancy. (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 12, 1937--Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 11, 2015). Nancy graduated from Mercy School of Nursing in 1958 and later attended the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]]. She was employed by [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]] from 1958 until 1987 serving in a variety of nursing leadership positions. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;She started working &lt;/del&gt;in the operating room &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;became the OR head nurse at the age of twenty-one&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/del&gt;and ultimately the department manager. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the hospital&#039;s first cardiac surgery department. Nancy was privileged to be elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Operating Room Nurses in 1972 and was elected President in 1978. In 1987 Nancy joined [[MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC (THE)]] and in 2000 retired as Chief Operating Officer. She was a key part in the planning for Medical Associates West Campus. She enjoyed mentoring other nurses and helping them take on leadership and management positions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:nertl.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]ERTL, Nancy. (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 12, 1937--Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 11, 2015). Nancy graduated from Mercy School of Nursing in 1958 and later attended the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]]. She was employed by [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]] from 1958 until 1987 serving in a variety of nursing leadership positions. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Starting &lt;/ins&gt;in the operating room&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, she &lt;/ins&gt;became the OR head nurse at the age of twenty-one and ultimately the department manager. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the hospital&#039;s first cardiac surgery department. Nancy was privileged to be elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Operating Room Nurses in 1972 and was elected President in 1978. In 1987 Nancy joined [[MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC (THE)]] and in 2000 retired as Chief Operating Officer. She was a key part in the planning for Medical Associates West Campus. She enjoyed mentoring other nurses and helping them take on leadership and management positions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1980s Nancy and her good friend Sylvia Doyle of Houston, Texas founded Nursing Expertise in Software Design. The company developed software for computer systems in the operating room. Products included scheduling, inventory, utilization, quality assurance and patient care plans. They traveled extensively consulting with many hospitals and later sold the company to a large Tennessee firm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In the early 1980s Nancy and her good friend Sylvia Doyle of Houston, Texas founded Nursing Expertise in Software Design. The company developed software for computer systems in the operating room. Products included scheduling, inventory, utilization, quality assurance and patient care plans. They traveled extensively consulting with many hospitals and later sold the company to a large Tennessee firm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Image:nertl.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]ERTL, Nancy. (Cedar Rapids, IA, Aug. 12, 1937--Scottsdale, AZ, Nov. 11, 2015). Nancy graduated from Mercy School of Nursing in 1958 and later attended the [[UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE]]. She was employed by [[MERCY MEDICAL CENTER]] from 1958 until 1987 serving in a variety of nursing leadership positions. She started working in the operating room and became the OR head nurse at the age of twenty-one, and ultimately the department manager. While there, she was instrumental in establishing the hospital&amp;#039;s first cardiac surgery department. Nancy was privileged to be elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Operating Room Nurses in 1972 and was elected President in 1978. In 1987 Nancy joined [[MEDICAL ASSOCIATES CLINIC PC (THE)]] and in 2000 retired as Chief Operating Officer. She was a key part in the planning for Medical Associates West Campus. She enjoyed mentoring other nurses and helping them take on leadership and management positions.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the early 1980s Nancy and her good friend Sylvia Doyle of Houston, Texas founded Nursing Expertise in Software Design. The company developed software for computer systems in the operating room. Products included scheduling, inventory, utilization, quality assurance and patient care plans. They traveled extensively consulting with many hospitals and later sold the company to a large Tennessee firm.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nancy contributed most of success in business, golf, and entertaining to the support she received from her best friend and husband, Fred. They enjoyed traveling the world together in their business and professional roles with visits to Japan, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.&lt;br /&gt;
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Obituaries. Dubuque Today. Online: http://www.dubuquetoday.com/obituaries.cfm#Nancy%20L.%20Ertl&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category: Business Leader]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Health Care]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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