Seeland Park resident Madolyn Braley's sister, Marjorie Casey, was nominated in 1995 by the Des Moines Needlepoint Guild to be the person from Iowa to contribute a Christmas needlepoint stocking for the Christmas tree in the Blue Room at The White House. She was one of four to represent Iowa. Read Madolyn's memorable story on our website.
Imagine living through not only one pandemic but two during your lifetime—that’s just what St. Francis Manor resident Louise Doty has done! Anna Louise Larsen was born in 1918 during the Spanish Flu pandemic, she recovered from COVID-19 in May 2020, and celebrated her 102nd birthday on November 25!
Seeland Park resident Hazel Lease shares her memories of her husband’s job as a skilled mechanic that took them to Barbados and his serving with the Sea Bees in the Korean War.
Replacing the many trees destroyed by the August derecho on St. Francis Manor’s 31-acre Life Plan Community is underway! Several Seeland Park residents lost their big shade trees so replacing them with 3 to 6-inch diameter trees was important to them—and also meant the new trees would need to be moved and planted with a tree spade.
As we celebrate Veterans Day, Seeland Park resident Tom Tish shares his memories of a life-long service in the Army. After graduating from William Penn University, his path was a certain one which took him all over the USA and world in service of our country. Read his story on our website
St. Francis Manor resident Margaret Morrison celebrated her 100th birthday on October 10, 2020, with son David Morrison and his wife Rebecca from Colorado and daughter Marla Morrison Inks and her husband Jeff from Ankeny.
Hammond Center tenants and staff recently celebrated National Assisted Living Week with a variety of activities, including a campus visit from the Dari Barn on the Moove food truck for lunch one day and a French Toast bar complete with fresh fruit and various flavored syrups another day.
During its recent annual survey by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals conducted August 24-27, St. Francis Manor demonstrated why it is the highest-rated skilled nursing facility in Poweshiek County as it earned another deficiency-free survey in support of its 5-star rating by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In addition to receiving this recent deficiency-free annual survey, St. Francis Manor was deficiency-free for an off-site infection control survey as well as an on-site infection control performance survey conducted earlier this year.
On August 10-11, Iowa and parts of Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana and western Ohio saw one of the more significant "Derecho" storms in years. Derecho, coming from the Spanish word "straight," is an in-land storm that surges with tornado and hurricane-force winds. Derechos are known to appear during the summer, as they are considered a warm-weather phenomenon, tend to extend the gusts of wind longer than normal wind storms to hours and even days.
We all are missing the Iowa State Fair this year. What are some of the things you miss the most? Butter cow? How many different things you can eat on a stick? Perhaps you took part in the competitions? Share with us below and enjoy Seeland Park Resident, Gwen Rieck's fond memories of days at the fair.....
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