Butterfield Residential Care Center's Butterfield Express January 2020

Butterfield
EXPRESS
Volume 31, Issue 1
January 2020
Butterfield Residential Care Center is an affiliate of CMH, Bolivar, Mo., 417-326-6000
Facility Location: 1120 N. Butterfield Rd., Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-326-5200
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident of the Month 1
Activity Photos 2
Upcoming Events 3
Residents’ Birthdays 4
New Residents 4
Discharges 4
Wishing all
of you a
Happy
New Year
from
all of us at
Butterfield!
Claudine Scott,
Resident of the Month
Claudine Scott was born in Sedan, Kansas,
to Ralph and Elizabeth Penfield. Claudine was
the youngest of six children and had three
brothers and two sisters. Her father worked for
the Prairie Pipeline Company. The family
lived in town and Claudine has fond memories
of roller skating around the town square! The
family moved and lived in the Ozarks for a
short time and Claudine got to attend country
school. She loved it! They moved back to Se-
dan and Claudine attended Peru High School.
It was there that she met William “Bill” Scott.
The two quickly fell in love and, once they
graduated from high school, got married.
Once the couple were married, Claudine
and Bill moved to San Diego, California,
where they both worked for an aircraft manu-
facturing company. After their first daughter,
Vicki, was born Claudine became a stay-at-
home mom. Shortly after they moved to San
Diego, Claudine’s parents also moved to the
area. It was helpful to have them close by to
help with the baby! Claudine and Bill were
then blessed with two more daughters, Claudia
and Robin. Claudine returned to the workforce
when the girls were older and she worked as
the church secretary at Point Loma United
Methodist Church for nine years.
When Bill retired he and Claudine became
“Airstreamers.” The couple started with a 19
foot Airstream motor home and eventually
worked their way up to a 31 foot Airstream.
They had a lot of fun attending Airstream ral-
lies around the country. This led them to an
opportunity to work at Yellowstone National
Park where they stayed for a total of six sum-
mers. Bill even got a special job at the famous
Yellowstone Hotel!
Bill passed away when he was just 66 years
old. It was then that Claudine found her love
for ballroom dancing. She continues to dance
today. In addition to dancing, Claudine en-
joyed crocheting for many years and has made
a large variety of things including dolls and
Christmas trees.
Claudine met her second husband,
Daniel Frost Watson, while ballroom
dancing at the local senior center. They
enjoyed many years together until he
passed away.
Currently, Claudine has seven grand-
children and six great-grandchildren. Her
daughter, Vicki, lives in San Diego, Cali-
fornia; her daughter, Claudia, lives in
Bolivar with her husband, John Lower;
and Robin sadly passed away a few years
ago after she and her husband moved to
Colorado to be closer to their son and
family.
In 2018, Claudine moved to Butter-
field. She participates in several activities
including daily chair exercise, bingo,
musical entertainment, parties, games,
and Helping Hands Club. She also enjoys
playing dominoes and King’s on the Cor-
ner with her special friend and fellow
resident, George Singer. Claudine also
used her dancing talent at this year’s
Golden Age Games and played the part
of Patsy Cline.
We are thrilled to have her as part of
our Butterfield family! Thank you for
sharing your story with us Claudine.
Are you a caring individual who would like to assist in caring for the elderly?
Butterfield Residential Care Center has opportunities in its volunteer program.
For more information call Tammie Callaway, BRCC administrator, at 417-328-6380.