Lois Jean Matthews Palmer

Lois Jean Matthews Palmer was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1931. She graduated from Zanesville High School in 1949. In 1952 Lois graduated from the Good Samaritan School of nursing located in Zanesville. That same year she passed State Boards and received her R.N.

Lois married in 1955, had 2 sons and now has 5 grandchildren. In 1962 the family moved to California where Lois worked in several hospitals. She has worked in Public health, Home Nursing, a Rehabilitation and Nursing Home. Correlating work experience for Cypress A.S. Nursing Program and California State University's Masters and Doctorate program was a challenge she enjoyed.

Lois received her A.S. from Cypress Community College, B.S. in management from Pacific Christian College in Fullerton, and a Masters in Vocational Education from California State University at Long Beach.
When Lois and her husband retired to Lake Havasu, AZ., Lois enrolled in several creative writing classes at Mohave Community College.
As of this date she has been published in the local paper, "Desert Treasures"  (a college anthology), "The National Library of Poetry" This poem has also been put on tape.

Work by Lois Palmer

A Lions Nightmare