MARY PIEPER
Special to the Globe Gazette
Theresa Ahlf has cared for people at both the beginning and the end of life in her job as a nurse.
âI started out in labor and deliver where we brought the babies in, and now Iâm where everybody leaves,â said Ahlf, who began her nursing career at MercyOne North Iowa and now works at the Good Samaritan Society nursing home in St. Ansgar. âIâve seen both aspects of it.â
The rural St. Ansgar resident worked the night shift in the labor and deliver ward at Mercy One for almost five years before she was offered her current job. She accepted it so she could work days and not have to commute so far.