Pamela Sue (Thomas) Buchanan Site staff
Pamela Sue Buchanan, age 70, passed away on January 20, 2021 unexpectedly at home.
She was born on December 17, 1950 to parents Robert and Suzanne (Rowley) Thomas in Madison, WI. Pam graduated from Waunakee High School in 1969 and went on to attend St. Mary’s School of Nursing. Her life’s work was nursing. It started as a nurse’s aid transitioning to a registered nurse in Baraboo, WI and retiring after a 37-year career as a UW Operating Room nurse. Her career expanded across all services but especially Plastics and General surgery.
Pam possessed the ambition and grit to perform many managerial roles in the department she loved. Her passion in this work led to a Mission trip in Ecuador helping children with facial deformities obtain normal appearance and cultural acceptance. Her call to nursing always had the patient at the center of her focus. Pam paid attention to every detail for each and every patient she c
Pamela Sue Buchanan Site staff
Pamela Sue Buchanan, age 70, passed away on January 20, 2021 unexpectedly at home.
She was born on December 17, 1950 to parents Robert and Suzanne (Rowley) Thomas in Madison, WI. Pam graduated from Waunakee High School in 1969 and went on to attend St. Mary’s School of Nursing. Her life’s work was nursing. It started as a nurse’s aid transitioning to a registered nurse in Baraboo, WI and retiring after a 37-year career as a UW Operating Room nurse. Her career expanded across all services but especially Plastics and General surgery. Pam possessed the ambition and grit to perform many managerial roles in the department she loved. Her passion in this work led to a Mission trip in Ecuador helping children with facial deformities obtain normal appearance and cultural acceptance. Her call to nursing always had the patient at the center of her focus. Pam paid attention to every detail for each and every patient she cared
Diane Buchanan lives with her daughter and her grandson in an apartment in Philadelphia. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, she recently told a committee of the Philadelphia City Council, her daughter lost her job as a hairdresser, leaving Buchanan to carry more of the burden of rent and bills. Schools closed, and her grandson started learning from home. The refrigerator stopped working, and the landlord “slow-walked” the repairs for months, she said. She started thinking she might get evicted over the dispute with the landlord. She thought she might be able to move in with her son, but he had a one-bedroom apartment a dangerous situation during a pandemic. She also might be able to move to California and live with her brother, but she didn’t want to rely on him and lose her independence. Then she got a text message from a housing counselor, saying she was scheduled for a pre-eviction mediation with her landlord.