Ash Grove Healthcare Facility's Rocking Chair News May 2020

ASH GROVE HEALTHCARE FACILITY
Rocking Chair News
May 2020
Volume 23, Issue 5
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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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Resident of the Month,
Violet Rust
Violet Harmon Rust was born
March 25, 1922 to Clara May
(Bennett) Harmon and Charles Ernest
Harmon in Elk Creek, Missouri. Violet
was the second child of four. One
brother, Vernon, and two sisters, Vel-
ma, and Betty. Violet had a nickname
of “Runt” because she was so much
smaller for her age. She had another
brother, Voyle, who died when he was
three. Growing up, there were lots of
chores to do, inside and out. Violet had
to help clean and cook meals. She
learned to cook very well. Especially
pies.
Her father, Charles, was a farmer
who grew food for canning or “putting’
up.” They grew corn, potatoes, hay for
their cows, and cane for molasses. He
was also a carpenter and, most im-
portantly, says Violet, a minister. He
started the Assembly of God church in
Moberly Springs in 1936.
Violet’s outdoor chores included
planting crops, putting up hay and dig-
ging sprouts. Her father said she dug a
hole 2 feet deep to dig those
sprouts. Violet and Vernon would trap
Employee
of the Month
Alissa Kimery, Charge Nurse,
was chosen as Ash Grove
Healthcare Facility’s
Employee of the Month for
March. The Employee of the
Month for May has yet to be
determined. The individual who
is selected will be featured in
the June edition of the Rocking
(Above) Violet in front with parents Clara and
Charles, brother, Vernon and sister Velma .
rabbits hunted opossums at night, sold
the whole rabbit and stretched the
“possum” hides on a board, then sold
the hides. Another chore that wasn’t
much fun but yielded wonderful pies,
was blackberry picking, in the heat,
with the branches scratching and
fighting ticks and
chiggers.
Continued on page 6
(Above) Gene Vestal, Administrator and Alisa