WINONA, Minn. – Sara Gabrick, 63, a Winona Health executive, died of catastrophic cardiac failure after collapsing at her desk. She was the hosital’s chief operations officer for surgical, specialty and retail services. She started at Winona Heath as a nurse’s assistant in 1985 and worked her way up. She was a Cotter High School and College of St Teresa graduate. She earned her master’s in nursing administration from Winona State University in 1991. She was involved heavily in community. She helped launch the Town of Buffalo Farmer’s Market at Bluff Siding, near her ridge-top home. She rode high-wheel bicycles in parades and clowned. She was “mom” to foreign exchange students from Venezuela, Croatia, Russia, Czech Republic, and Japan
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