Diane Postler-Slattery.Photo: My Michigan Health
MyMichigan Health President and CEO Diane Postler-Slattery and her husband Don died in a plane crash in Florida on Tuesday.
Postler-Slattery, 62, and her husband’s Cessna plane originally took off from Michigan before making a stop in McMinnville, Tennessee, according to theBay County Sheriff’s Office.
When they were “about two miles” away from Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, their destination, the couple’s plane “dropped off radar” around 7 p.m. local time, authorities said.
With the help of drones, authorities were able to locate the crashed plane, which belonged to Don, during the night in a “densely wooded area” located about one mile away from one of the airport’s runways. The couple were found deceased, per police.
MyMichigan Health, a non-profit health system based in Midland, announced the sad news on Wednesday.
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“She was a visionary,” Rogers added. “As a nurse herself, she was committed to patient care and the highest level of safety and patient satisfaction. In fact, the comfort for patients and their families was of utmost importance to her ensuring any new facility had a warm, homelike setting including her favorite feature — a cozy fireplace.”
The couple leave behind a lasting legacy of “advancing the health of individuals and communities,” Brian Peters, CEO of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, said in a statement, according to CBS affiliateWNEM.
“She didn’t just live in the community. She was part of the community,” added Holly Miller, president and CEO of the United Way of Midland County. “She served on boards, she led campaigns, she got involved. She rolled her sleeves up and got involved herself, and also encouraged those around her to get involved in the community.”
source: people.com
