Foundation gets Slind donation

Dr. Robert Slind, Mount Vernon, Thursday donated $10,000 to Whitman Hospital Foundation in the name of his parents, Dr. Ole and Bertha Slind. Dr. Slind presented the donation to Jon Davis, Whitman Hospital administrator.

The donation was announced at the remodeled hospital’s formal opening ceremony Friday morning. The donation will be placed in the foundation’s endowment fund for the hospital.

A memorial service for the Slinds, who made their home for 44 years in Colfax where he practiced medicine and both were active in volunteer work, was in June at Peace Lutheran Church. Both died in 2008.