Hospital Celebrates 150th Baby Born in 150th Anniversary Year

(KALLEE AND NICK FELDHAKE, WITH LUCY ANN)

HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital has been dedicated to providing compassionate health care and serving the community since its founding by three Hospital Sisters of St. Francis in Effingham on November 15, 1875. Today this commitment continues 150 years later through the dedicated efforts of hospital colleagues and medical staff.

Throughout this year, St. Anthony’s is marking certain milestones to celebrate caring for their community for 150 years. On Thursday, March 20, the hospital’s Women and Infants Center proudly welcomed the 150th baby born at the hospital in 2025. Lucy Ann Feldhake was born to Kallee and Nick Feldhake of Dieterich, Illinois weighing 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long.

HSHS St. Anthony’s Women and Infants Center staff presented the Feldhakes with a basket of gifts in celebration of Lucy being St. Anthony’s 150th baby in the hospital’s 150th Anniversary year. One of the gifts included a special 150th onesie that is given to all babies born at St. Anthony’s in 2025.

2025 Events

HSHS St. Anthony’s invites the community to join them at a number of public events they are hosting this year, highlighting this unique 150th Anniversary:

• Saturday, May 3: Annual Walk to End Parkinson’s
• Tuesday, May 6: Wound Healing Center Open House
• Fall: Downtown Mural Unveiling
• Saturday, Sept. 13: “Meet Me to the Finish Line” Youth Adaptive Try-Athlon
• Friday, Sept. 26: Annual Foundation Golf Benefit
• Thursday, Oct. 16: Women’s Health Showcase
• Fall: Center for Pediatric Therapy Open House
• Thursday, Dec. 11: Business After Hours with the Effingham County Chamber

Visit St. Anthony’s website event page, stanthonyshospital.org/events, for details on these events throughout the year.

Additionally, St. Anthony’s is weaving their anniversary celebration into several community events that colleagues support in Effingham and surrounding communities:

• Monday, May 26: Altamont Memorial Day Parade
• Friday, July 4: Dieterich Fourth of July Parade
• Friday and Saturday, July 11-12: Effingham Artisan Fair
• Friday, July 18: EffingHAM-JAM
• Sunday, Oct. 26: Effingham Sunrise Rotary Halloween Parade
• Wednesday, Nov. 29: Downtown Effingham Hometown Christmas Lighted Parade

For more information about HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, visit stanthonyshospital.org.