In Loving Memory of Jessica Simmerman
Director of Operations
Jessica joined the Loehr Health team in April 2015. As Loehr Health’s Resident Improvement Specialist, Jessica was skilled at determining solutions for our internal processes. Her strategic thinking allowed Loehr Health to balance its growth without sacrificing patient care. In her spare time she enjoyed spending time with her family and coaching her kids at their sporting events.
UPDATED: April 6, 2021
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ? How do you delegate that task when the one youโd delegate to first is gone and all of her support team cannot understand what is happening either?
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ.
๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฏ, 2021.
There is no playbook for grief. There is no checklist for how we are supposed to navigate dealing with our emotional and autonomic physical reactions to the news of her death. (Trust us, Jessica would have left a staff training manual for how to deal with grief if such a thing existedโฆshe left us checklists, how-to manuals, and training guides for every.little.thing.)
Jessica joined our team in April 2015 and completely transformed our company. Itโs an understatement to say we would not be who we are today without her. She was a natural leader who saw potential roadblocks to achieving her goals and overcame them with grace. More than that, Jessica was our family. We shared the trials of parenthood and celebrated our childrenโs successes together. Her husband and two children will always be a part of the Loehr Health family.We will miss her laugh, her โhiddenโ Dr. Pepper, and reminding us to โcheck the spreadsheet.โ Jessica was an inspiration to everyone she met and was an amazing mother, wife, friend, colleague, coach, church leader, and community advocate.
It feels callous for us to be at work. To delegate her workload. And to attempt to begin writing multiple job descriptions in an effort to find help for all of the tasks she accomplished. With each reminder, we are jolted between sorrow and numbness.
Sleep has been sparse. After all, the phone call chain late Saturday night into the early hours of Easter morning were just part of some horrible nightmareโฆright? The vigil attended by your fellow team members on Sunday couldnโt have happened, right? Monday came and went. Jessica did not come to the office. We keep telling ourselves that she is on vacation at her favorite pier, and that she will be back in a week. But, then we are faced with the reality that she has left us and is cheering us on from Heaven.
๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. ๐๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐. ๐๐โ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ. ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต. ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐.
๐ช๐ฒโ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐.
