{"id":3048,"date":"2021-04-28T13:40:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T18:04:05","slug":"remembering-kathy-guglielmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/28\/remembering-kathy-guglielmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Kathy Guglielmo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3048_1a5a38-3e dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3048_f56ee9-3f\">Ask anyone who knew Kathy Guglielmo what she was like, and they\u2019ll tell you she was one of the nicest people they\u2019d ever known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selfless in both her personal and professional pursuits, Guglielmo was always last on her own list. She died of kidney cancer on Nov. 9, 2020, at just 51.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3048_4e30c0-f7 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3048_4e30c0-f7\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kathy-G-e1619617202764.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kathy-G-e1619617202764.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Kathy-G-e1619617202764-250x158.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption><em>Kathy Gugliemo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Guglielmo had completed every course but one required for her MBA in Health Care Administration at Wilmington University. Toward the end, she was too ill to study, even though she had purchased a WilmU diploma frame earlier in the semester. When Guglielmo realized that she wouldn\u2019t fill the frame, she typed a few last wishes on her phone, one of which was to give the empty frame to her parents, never expecting it to contain the credential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in Dr. Ken Morlino\u2019s eyes, Guglielmo had earned her degree and, along with College of Business Dean Dr. Kathy Kennedy Ratajack and WilmU\u2019s administration, he saw fit to award the diploma posthumously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe College of Business wanted to recognize Kathy and honor her efforts,\u201d says Dr. Morlino, associate professor and MBA chair. \u201cWe felt it was in the spirit of the WilmU mission to recognize her academic achievement. Absent her illness, Kathy would have completed her MBA degree in high academic standing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The framed diploma now rests in her parents\u2019 home in Pennsville, New Jersey, on a wall next to Guglielmo\u2019s portrait. The family held the frame up to the picture before hanging it, showing Guglielmo she was indeed a master\u2019s-level graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen Grant, Guglielmo\u2019s twin, was born three minutes later than her sister and is considered the baby of the family. \u201cToward the end, in the emergency room, it all happened so fast,\u201d Grant says. \u201cEverything Kathy heard from that day forward was horrible, the hardest things anyone would have to hear, and she had to be strong. She never told me what the doctors told her because she always protected me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COVID-19 prevented the family from being in the hospital during Guglielmo\u2019s final days. \u201cShe went through a lot, alone,\u201d Grant says. \u201cTo handle it all herself was unbelievable to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guglielmo was director of finance and healthcare management at Saint Francis LIFE, an all-inclusive elderly care facility in Wilmington. \u201cKathy\u2019s work ethic, attention to detail, and ease of sharing complicated financial information in a manner easily understood by colleagues was key to the success of the organization,\u201d says Executive Director Amy L. Milligan. \u201cInitially hired for her excellent knowledge and experience with finance, Kathy also embraced the Saint Francis LIFE mission to help frail, elderly, nursing home level seniors, 55 and older living in New Castle County, remain living in their own homes in the community rather than in nursing homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guglielmo was intricately involved in the vision and design of the second Saint Francis LIFE Center called College Avenue, set to open soon in Newark, says Milligan. \u201cThe Family Conference Room will be dedicated to Kathy\u2019s work throughout her time with Saint Francis LIFE.&nbsp; Kathy\u2019s spirit will be a constant presence in this room while caregivers, seniors, and our health team gather and partner in delivering quality care to our frail population. She will be missed and be in our hearts forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her memory will be respected throughout the WilmU community as well. \u201cKathy exemplifies the true meaning of a College of Business graduate,\u201d says Dr. Kennedy-Ratajack. \u201cShe made meaningful contributions to the workforce and was committed to serving both Saint Francis and the community at large. We are so proud of her accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed Guglielmo says his sister worried about others in the final moments, her parents, siblings \u2014 especially her twin \u2014 and the elderly she served at work. \u201cI even found a petition she was working on that supported the seniors,\u201d he says, speaking on behalf of his other siblings, Patty and Bob, and parents Pat and Joan Guglielmo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; \u201cShe was a loving aunt to our boys, Jacob and Dylan,\u201d adds Bill Grant, Guglielmo\u2019s brother-in-law. \u201cShe didn\u2019t have kids of her own, so she was a second mother to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKathy was the best sister you could have,\u201d Karen says. \u201cI don\u2019t think she ever knew the impact she had on all of us, but we do.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask anyone who knew Kathy Guglielmo what she was like, and they\u2019ll tell you she was one of the nicest people they\u2019d ever known. 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