Shirley Anne Steel

SHIRLEY ANNE STEEL PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 24, 2021; SHIRLEY WAS SURVIVED SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, HENRY WILLIAM STEEL; HER SON, DR. CHARLES RUSSELL STEEL AND GREAT CLOSE FRIEND KENNETH BUCK, JR.; HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, DR. LINDA MARIE STEEL; HER GRANDSONS, ALEXANDER WILLIAM STEEL AND NICHOLAS HENRY STEEL

HER NEPHEWS HARRY WAYNE STEELE, HUGH LEE PREAS 2ND, JAMES HENRY PREAS AND

ROBERT WAYNE JONES AND SHE PRECEEDED IN HEAVEN BY: HER BROTHERS, HOWARD LEE JONES, AND CHARLES BURTON JONES JR.; HER SISTERS, ALDA MAE STEELE, MARGRET LUCY HAINES PREAS, MARY HELEN JONES AND HER NEPHEW KENNETH DAVID JONES

SHIRLEY ENJOYED A MARVELOUS NURSING CAREER AND EDUCATION, HAVING RECEIVED A

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NURSING FROM THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA AND

A MASTERS DEGREE IN HEALTH SCIENCE FROM TOWSON UNIVERSITY.

AS A WIFE AND MOTHER, SHE EXHIBITED HER WARM SENSITIVE PERSONALITY, WHICH SHE

HAD THROUGHOUT EVERY POSITION SHE HELD IN HER CAREER. SHE BECAME A LEADER IN

THE FIELD OF SCHOOL NURSING EVEN ELECTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES.

SHE NEVER TOOK CREDIT FOR THE GROWTH OF THE PROFESSION AND THE NURSE’S

CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY HEALTH RATHER, HER GOAL WAS ALWAYS TO ENCOURAGE

HER NURSES TO CONSTANTLY FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE STUDENT HEALTH.

SHIRLEY BECAME A LEADER IN THE PROFESSION AND BECAME ELETED PRESIDENT OF THE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL NURSES.

RECOGNIZED FOR HER INFLUENCE, SHE WAS MADE COORDINATOR OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOLS. A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL RETIREMENT.

AFTER RETIREMENT SHIRLEY WAS APPROACHED BY THE JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSING TO TEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH. IN THIS ROLE HER STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO ALL SORTS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES WHERE THE SCHOOL NURSE OFTEN BECAME THE ONLY HEALTH RESOURCE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.