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Betty Dicklich, a native of Watertown, Ohio, died on Saturday, May 28, 2022 in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Betty Neuman Dicklich, an internationally celebrated health care professional, first received her RN diploma in 1947 from Akron, Ohio, Peoples Hospital (now Akron General) graduating with honors. Soon after graduation, she resided in Los Angeles where she worked at the Los Angeles county hospital (now the USC Medical Center) while continuing her higher education. She again received scholastic honors upon completion of a Baccalaureate Degree from UCLA in 1957, followed by a Master's degree in Mental Health consultation and public health in 1966.
She became an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Nursing from 1967 to 1973, during which time she developed and taught the first national post-masters Community Mental Health nursing program taking students into the opening mental health centers in Los Angeles for their learning experiences.
She was the first nurse, internationally, to develop and present to the health care field the concept of health care as wholistic. She has won international recognition since 1970, for her early work known as "The Neuman Systems Model." Her travels have been extensive both nationally and internationally in support of her wholistic work in health care education and practice. Twenty appointed trustees will carry her work well through the 21st century. Her primary focus for prevention intervention is rapidly becoming a new health trend along with wholistic care.
Betty maintained a limited family counseling practice since receiving a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in Los Angeles in 1985. She also served four years as the State of West Virginia Mental Health Consultant. She has an extensive background as educator, consultant, and counselor and has authored numerous books and articles.
She leaves a dedicated international trustee group to carry her futuristic work into the next century.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Nancy Neuman and grandson Gabriel Neuman both of Seattle, WA, a niece Michelle Gulbran of Coal Run, OH, a nephew Timmy Reynolds and a niece Tammy Reynolds both of Athens, OH. and her deceased husband, Kree Dicklich, had made their home in Watertown, Ohio since 1973.
Her ashes will be placed in a grave beside her husband's at Greenlawn Cemetery, Lowell, OH.
Memorial donations may be made to the Neuman Trust to foster her important health care work, in care of Sarah Beckman, Trustee, P. O. Box 101 Hamilton, Indiana 46742, or to any other charity of the donor's choice.