Excelsior, MN, former faculty member of the Physician Assistant (PA) Program at the UND medical school, died July 24, 2008 after a battle with cancer. She was 61. A native of Grafton, ND, she attended St. Francis School of Nursing in Minot where she completed the RN program in 1968 and earned a bachelor’s degree at Western Michigan University in 1977. In 1980 and 1981, she served as an instructor in UND’s PA program. In 1989, she earned a master’s degree in education at UND and later taught in the family nurse practitioner program at the University of Minnesota. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, she retired in May 2007 after 24 years of service that took her around the world. She was a veteran of the Gulf War, serving in Abu Dhabi in 1991. She is survived by her husband, Darrel Jones.