Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

The words, “Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, wherein is enshrined the living heart and spirit of a charitable and generous people,” are as true today as they were 60 years ago.

It was in 1943 that Yakima accountant, Edwin B. Mueller’s daughter, Carol, was diagnosed with “high polio,” a potentially fatal strain of the disease. She was sent to the local children’s ward (collection of beds) at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Yakima’s only inpatient medical facility.