Interesting People—a monthly WTVP series
hosted by Ed Sutkowski—features
half-hour conversations of thoughtful dialogue with ordinary individuals who
have achieved extraordinary measures of success in the arts, business,
communications, education, science and sports.
"Thus, the task is
not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what
nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees."
Host Ed Sutkowski talks with Johnna Ingersoll the current Peoria County Corner.
Original Air Date(s): 10/7/2009
Biographical Information
Johnna L. Ingersoll,
Peoria County Coroner (2009)
Death has been described as the most important legal event of life. Johnna "lives" with death over 2,000 times each year.
Prior to election as Peoria County Coroner, Johnna Ingersoll worked as a Chief Deputy Coroner and part-time law enforcement officer. With rigorous certification requirements to be a Death Investigator, Johnna spends more than 40 hours each week analyzing death situations. "It is what I do."
Johnna explains why she chose a profession that is trauma, sadness and grief as her life's work. From the first autopsy she witnessed, she knew her calling. "Connecting the dots" in helping police, the medical community and families find the answers are the Coroner's obligation. Learn of Johnna's work with the Gift of Hope organization for organ donation - bringing some good out of tragedy.
How does a coroner prepare for each encounter or is it possible to prepare? Johnna must ask who? what? where? how? and why? She explains how she strives to remain emotionally neutral in her work. She must be objective and focused, and she relies on trusted staff for emotional support. Above everything, Johnna's first priority is her job.
[Biographical information as provided by Mr. Sutkowski]
Death has been described as the most important legal event of life. Johnna "lives" with death over 2,000 times each year.
