Marie Ellen Manthey

Marie Ellen Manthey passed away peacefully at her home on December 12, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents Carl and Kate Schuber and sister Loretta Henry, and is survived by her son Mark Manthey, daughter Claire Stokes, granddaughter Rachel Haukkala, niece and nephews Kathleen, Mike and Joe, plus friends and associates too numerous to mention. Marie was a nurse. She was born in Chicago, IL on July 17th, 1935, and came to Minnesota to get her advanced degree in nursing, and to eventually build a consulting practice that helped to revolutionize the field of nursing around the world. In the late 1960s, Marie was one of the originators of Primary Nursing, a care delivery model that allowed nurses to put the nurse-patient relationship (not tasks) first. Her focus on protecting the dignity and acknowledging the worth of every patient and every practitioner was central to all of her work. Marie authored and co-authored many books and book chapters as well as countless journal articles, and she is the founding editor of the still-thriving Creative Nursing, a peer-reviewed journal in its fourth decade of publication. Marie was honored with dozens of awards in her career, including being named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing in 2015. In her long career, Marie learned from everyone she encountered, and she shared her own wisdom generously. Her commitment to equality and social justice made her an outspoken advocate for any person or group she saw being marginalized. Marie's professional legacy lives on in the thousands of nurses she has inspired over the years. She was fond of saying that "like-minded people taking gentle action" could positively influence any work culture and even the world at large. That means you don't have to be in a position of power to be a powerful force for good in the world. Marie found recovery from alcohol addiction in the late 1970s, at the same time that she was starting her consulting business. In her early days, she was sponsored by one of the first woman members of AA. She would go on to integrate recovery principles within her work and her business. More than that, she sponsored countless women throughout the years who henceforth sponsored even more women, and an incredible web of sobriety extended throughout the country for decades to come. Marie contributed her time to many recovery-based initiatives, including serving on the board of The Retreat in Wayzata, MN. One of Marie's proudest achievements was the co-founding of the Nurses Peer Support Network, which provides support for nurses working toward sobriety and re-entry into the nursing workforce. Marie was active, engaging and bright until the moment she passed. She will be missed dearly by so many. Memorial service will be announced in the spring. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to the following: Marie Manthey Endowed Professorship University of Minnesota School of Nursing 5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall 308 Harvard Street SE Minneapolis MN 55455 https://nursing.umn.edu/about/giving-nursing/areas-need/marie-manthey-endowed-professorship Nurses Peer Support Network Box 181 8362 Tamarack Village Ste 119 Woodbury, MN 55125 www.npsnetwork-mn.org The Retreat 1221 Wayzata Blvd East Wayzata, MN, 55391 https://www.theretreat.org

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Marie Ellen Manthey

July 17, 1935 - December 12, 2024

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Marie Ellen Manthey

July 17, 1935 - December 12, 2024

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