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Justina Neufeld Named to Board

Justina D. Neufeld of Newton has been named to the Newton Community & Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees.

She is filling the unexpired term of former trustee Pat Swartzendruber.

Ms. Neufeld retired in 1998 after a 39-year career at Prairie View, Inc., Newton. She served as a community mental health nurse, interim Director of Nursing and Director of the Adult and Adolescent Day Hospital. While there she also served as coordinator for a project starting a new day hospital in Wichita, was interim director of a child/adolescent team, and was instrumental in developing a residential adolescent unit at Prairie View.

She was appointed by the Kansas Board of Regents in 1986 to serve as an Adjunct Clinical Coordinator of Nursing at Wichita State University. Ms. Neufeld, who has authored a number of articles, was appointed by Gov. Robert Docking in 1969 as a consultant in community mental health to the School of Nursing at the National University of Asuncion in Paraguay.

Ms. Neufeld currently is serving on the board of Wheatland Homes in Newton, and has served on the board of directors for Kidron Bethel Village. A graduate of Leadership Newton, she has been nominated for Woman of the Year in the business and professional category by Soroptimist International of Newton, and has been active in Soroptimist, the League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women and professional nursing organizations.

Ms. Neufeld recently completed her autobiography, "A Family Torn Apart," which is being published this month. Born in the Ukraine, Ms. Neufeld came to this country as a refugee at the age of 17 and lost contact with her immediate family. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, music and travel.