Ash Grove Healthcare Facility's Rocking Chair News March 2019

ASH GROVE HEALTHCARE FACILITY
Rocking Chair News
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Resident of the Month, Elsie Sell
Elsie Sell was born Jan. 22, 1920, to parents
John Peter and Alice Amy Whittenberg in
Greene County, Mo. Elsie had two sisters and
three brothers. She attended Eagle School,
Sacville School and Persimmon Grove School
through the sixth grade then attended the
Willard High School where she graduated in
1939.
Elsie’s mother went blind early in Elsie’s life
and with Elsie being the oldest child she helped
in taking care of the other children. During the
Great Depression her family lived off of fresh
fruits and vegetables. Elsie’s dad had seven fruit
trees. “I climbed trees and picked cherries,” said
Elsie. “At one time sugar was an item that was
rationed and it took too much sugar to get the
cherries sweet.” The family had a rough time making it through the great depression.
During this time, Elsie would finish her chores such as milking the cows, and work
on embroidery pieces. She made pillow cases and a table runner.
Elsie married Sammy Lawrence Sell on Dec.31, 1941. Elsie and “Sammy” farmed
and raised beef cattle on the farm. Together the couple had a family of three children:
Barbara Hills, now deceased; Linda Voris; and Mary Snider. Elsie has seven grand-
children and 10 great-grandchildren. Sammy Lawrence passed away in 1998.
Elsie worked as a homemaker and took care of her parents. She is the oldest living
member of the Rose Hill Baptist Church. She went to live with her daughter in Wal-
nut Grove and then she attended the Harold Baptist Church.
Elsie’s favorite flower is the rose and the poinsettias and she loves to eat catfish.
Elsie would like to live to be 100!
Congratulations, Elsie, for being chosen as Resident of the Month for Ash Grove
Healthcare Facility!
March 2019
Volume 23, Issue 3
Resident of the Month 1
Employee of the Year 1
Resident Photos 2
Fundraisers/Events 2
Calendar of Events 3
Special Care Calendar 5
Residents’ Birthdays 6
New Residents 6
Discharges 6
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Employee
of the Month
Teresa Knackstedt, Business Office
Secretary, was chosen as Ash
Grove Healthcare Facility’s Em-
ployee of the Month for February.
The Employee of the Month for
March has yet to be determine. The indi-
vidual who is selected will be fea-
tured in the April edition of the Rock-
ing Chair News.
(Above) Teresa and her two granddaughters