Newton Falls native Jeanne Bryner recently received the Daniel J. Pesut Spirit of Renewal Award from Sigma, the International Nurse Honor Society, at Sigma’s biannual convention in Indianapolis.

She earned a diploma degree in 1979 at Trumbull Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and a bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Kent State University’s Honors College. She was born in Appalachia and grew up in Newton Falls.

Her nursing career led her to reflective writing, research concerning historical and contemporary nurses, and utilization of the arts for healing. She also conducted workshops with school-age children, cancer survivors and elders in assisted living facilities, and started a Nurse Honor Guard with funding from Delta Xi, her home chapter of the Sigma, the International Nurse Honor Soci

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