Speaking with Rosemary Lamson, polio virus survivor

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, some are looking to the past for answers on how to get through this time of uncertainty. WTIP’s Rhonda Silence reached out to a former community member, Rosemary Lamson, who had a childhood experience with another virus--polio.
 

Rosemary overcame the devastating disease and graduated from Cook County High School in 1955. She attended the College of St. Scholastica, earning her nursing degree (Certified Public Health Nurse) from the University of Minnesota in 1959. She later earned a master’s degree in Psychology in Aging from the College of St. Scholastica in 1991.
 

During her career, Rosemary worked at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais, and as director of the Cook County Health Department and Public Health Nursing in Grand Marais for 26 years, retiring in 1997.
 

She didn’t really retire though, she then served as the parish nurse at Bethlehem Lutheran Church for many years. She was also very active in the Grand Marais Lions Club.
 

Rosemary now lives at Ecumen Scenic Shores in Two Harbors, where Rhonda Silence reached her.