Off The Hook
March 27, 2020

An energetic and caring nurse

By Melanie Behrens

Mary Jane Wilcox Crothers was one of those people who just made me smile.
I first met her more than 40 years ago in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital. My son, Mike, had fallen off his bike and had a large cut on his forehead. He was bleeding and we were very concerned. Mary Jane was the nurse i...

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