We mourn the passing of Dakota Bateman, a loved and valued lab technologist, who died in a car accident on September 21.
Dakota completed his lab clinic rotatioins at Star Valley Health in the summer of 2022 and was quickly hired. “He was always positive, full of energy,” explains Greg Gillespie, laboratory director, “and with a real excitement to learn. You could always count on Dakota to cheer up your day with one of his ‘dad’ jokes.”
Outside the hospital, Dakota loved working with his hands and was working to build a home for his mother and sister alongside his late father. He had an ever-present smile that could make anyone around him feel accepted.
“Dakota was a friend to everyone he met,” said Dan Ordyna, CEO. “His loss is deeply felt by all who knew him.”