Sister Lauren Weinandt, Mayo Clinic's longest-serving staff member, died in July. She insisted that the gazebo, a 100th birthday gift from Mayo, be dedicated to the staff. Sister Bernadette Novack, ...

ROCHESTER — Sister Lauren Weinandt, a native of Brewster, Minnesota, died on Monday, July 31 at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys, where she lived and worked for 67 years as a Sister of Saint Francis.