AUBURN - Family, friends and coworkers gathered at the Auburn Elk's Club on State Street Sunday afternoon to remember an Auburn woman who touched the lives of many throughout her life.
Kim Kocur, a former nursing supervisor with Gentiva Health Services, passed away on April 8 at the age of 40, after a year-long battle against leukemia.
Cassie Kalet, a coworker who helped organize the event, said she wanted to create a benefit that would remember Kim's legacy while supporting her family.
“She was such an incredible person because she did so much for so many people,” Kalet said. “We wanted to celebrate her life and try to help her family in any way that we could.”
Events to raise money for Kim's family included a 50-50 raffle, raffle drawings, a bake sale and a dunking booth.
John Exner, a Pop Warner football coach, said he was willing to do anything to help Kim's family, even if it meant getting dunked into a large tank of water.
“She was a nice woman who went through a lot,” Exner said. “Even though she was sick, she still found the energy to bring her kids to football practice or to come out to their games. I was willing to do anything for her or her family, even on a cold day like today.”
Terry Klein, a coworker who helped organize the event's bake sale, said Kim was also willing to do anything for her family, her patients or her friends.
“She was very fair, she never said a bad thing about anybody,” Klein said. “She was just very positive about people. She was also helpful and very giving. A lot of people said they were going to come out today because they knew or experienced what she did first hand.”
Kim was well known by her patients for coming out with the nurses on supervisor visits or for helping patients over the phone with personal issues, Kalet said.
“We are planning on announcing the creation of the Kim Kocur Award,” Kalet said. “The award will recognize one Gentiva supervisor each year who works in the Northeast.”
“The award is suppose to be for clinical excellence and given to someone who makes an impact on the community through their service and compassion.”
For former coworker Donna Court, it was Kim's compassion that stuck out the most in her memory.
“She was very easy going and would easily relate with the patients on her supervisory visits or over the phone,” Court said. “She also had a good sense of humor. You need a good sense of humor in this job. She was such a sweetheart.”
Staff writer Nate Robson can be reached at 253-5311 or nathan.robson@lee.net
Cassie Kalet, a coworker who helped organize the event, said she wanted to create a benefit that would remember Kim's legacy while supporting her family.
“She was such an incredible person because she did so much for so many people,” Kalet said. “We wanted to celebrate her life and try to help her family in any way that we could.”
Events to raise money for Kim's family included a 50-50 raffle, raffle drawings, a bake sale and a dunking booth.
John Exner, a Pop Warner football coach, said he was willing to do anything to help Kim's family, even if it meant getting dunked into a large tank of water.
“She was a nice woman who went through a lot,” Exner said. “Even though she was sick, she still found the energy to bring her kids to football practice or to come out to their games. I was willing to do anything for her or her family, even on a cold day like today.”
Terry Klein, a coworker who helped organize the event's bake sale, said Kim was also willing to do anything for her family, her patients or her friends.
“She was very fair, she never said a bad thing about anybody,” Klein said. “She was just very positive about people. She was also helpful and very giving. A lot of people said they were going to come out today because they knew or experienced what she did first hand.”
Kim was well known by her patients for coming out with the nurses on supervisor visits or for helping patients over the phone with personal issues, Kalet said.
“We are planning on announcing the creation of the Kim Kocur Award,” Kalet said. “The award will recognize one Gentiva supervisor each year who works in the Northeast.”
“The award is suppose to be for clinical excellence and given to someone who makes an impact on the community through their service and compassion.”
For former coworker Donna Court, it was Kim's compassion that stuck out the most in her memory.
“She was very easy going and would easily relate with the patients on her supervisory visits or over the phone,” Court said. “She also had a good sense of humor. You need a good sense of humor in this job. She was such a sweetheart.”
Staff writer Nate Robson can be reached at 253-5311 or nathan.robson@lee.net
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