Dr. Mary Klotz Walker
, Georgia
October 7, 2026
Bluffton South Carolina Dr. Mary Klotz Walker 80 passed away peacefully in Bluffton SC on October 8th 2026. Mary was born in East Lansing MI but within months moved to and grew up in Bar Harbor ME. She was raised in the Roman Catholic church and had a lifelong connection to her faith. Mary graduated from St. Francis High School Mount Alverno Mishawaka IN in 1964 and was an accomplished lifelong scholar of Nursing and Behavioral Science earning her B.S.N. from Loyola University Chicago in 1972 M.S.N. from University of IllinoisChicago in 1975 M.A. from University of Chicago in 1978 and Ph.D. from University of IllinoisChicago in 1980. Her passion for the profession of nursing included faculty positions as Professor of Nursing for 40 years including at the University of IllinoisChicago University of Kentucky University of South Florida and Eastern Kentucky University and in addition she was Dean andor Director…