Carol M. Dennis, age 75, of Quincy, died on Monday, February 22, 2010 in Quincy. She was born on December 23, 1934 in Flint, Michigan a daughter of John T. and Evelyn (Kurtz) Croak, Sr.

Carol attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and graduated from Indiana University in 1957 with a B.S. Degree in Medical Record Science. Her entire working career was in health information management, having worked in hospitals in Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri and as a consultant to hospitals and long term care facilities in those states, also including St. Mary Hospital in Quincy (1978 – 1988) as well as Levering and St. Elizabeth’s Hospitals in Hannibal. She taught medical terminology at Hannibal-LaGrange and Robert Morris College in Carthage and served on faculty for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals programs on Quality Assurance and as a data retriever/analyst for the Illinois Hospital Association. She published articles in the Illinois Medical Record Association Journal, ECHO. Most recently, 1992 – 2000, she was Director of Health Information Management at St. Mary Health Center in Jefferson City, MO, and prior to that was a Senior Analyst Programmer for the Hospital Sisters Health System in Springfield, IL, researching, implementing, and supporting medical record systems in the HSHS hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin. After her retirement in 2000, she held various interesting positions with churches and with the new Simply Sewing Store here in Quincy.

After Carol retired, she spent a year traveling in Europe before moving to Quincy. Carol was devoted to her family and moved to Quincy to be a part of their lives. She was particularly proud of her marine grandsons and all of her grandchildren and great-granddaughters were very special to her. She loved to sew, quilt, machine embroider, travel, sing in the St. Peter Chorale, and spend time with family. She was President of PEO Chapter F, a member of the Church of St. Peter, Quincy Quilt Guild, and Madison Park Cancer Support group.

Survivors include:
DAUGHTERS: Kimberly Janice Hoaglin, Wendy Beth Albright and her husband Mark all of Quincy, Alison Miller and her husband Steve of St. Louis, MO;
SISTER: Janice Marion Hayes of Quincy;
BROTHER: John Thomas Croak, Jr. and his wife Carol of Louisville, KY,
GRANDCHILDREN: “Grandmere’s Loves”: Sgt. T. Jared Weber and his wife Jennifer of Tulsa, OK; LCPL Keegan Robert Albright of San Diego, CA, E. Zachary Weber of Quincy, Reed Daniel Miller of St. Louis, Sydney Kial Albright of Quincy, J. Caitlyn Weber of Quincy, Claire Marie Miller of St. Louis, MO, Sterling Carroll Hoaglin of Quincy;
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTERS: Jaiden and Jaimie Weber of Tulsa, OK, and Adelyn Weber of Quincy;
Dear cousins, dear nieces and nephews, dear friends, and her constant companions, Heidi & Charlie.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, John & Evelyn Croak, her husband Robert E. Dennis, and brother-in-law Walter Hayes.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in the Duker & Haugh Funeral Home and 10:00 in the Church of St. Peter. Interment will be in Greenmount Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday evening from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., with a prayer service at 4:00 p.m.. Memorials are suggested to Siteman Center for Advanced Medicine, St. Louis, Blessing Cancer Center and the St. Peter Social Concerns Committee.
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