Butterfield Residential Care Center's Butterfield Express September 2019

Butterfield EXPRESS Volume 30, Issue 9 September 2019 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 Mark your calendars for the Golden Age Games Friday Oct. 11, 2019. Volunteers are needed. Please see Ash Carrel for more information. Dixie Zink, Resident of the Month Dixie Zink was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Boon- ville, Missouri, to Lare and Pauline Watts. Dixie was the youngest of the three Watts children. Edna Mae was the oldest and next was Sam. Dixie had lots of fun tagging along with Sam and his friends and, even though she was young- er and a girl, she could run just as fast as the boys. When Dixie was four years old, the family moved to Calhoun, Missouri, and then moved again to Appleton City, Missouri, when Dixie was in sixth grade. Dixie’s father, Lare, worked as a station master of the MKT (also known as The Katy) railroad. Dixie has many special memories of her childhood including her moth- er’s storytelling talents. When Dixie walked into her sixth grade classroom in Appleton City for the first time, it was also the first time Wilbur Zink saw her. He would later tell that it was at that moment he said to himself, “that’s the girl I’m going to marry.” In 1944, both Dixie and Wilbur graduated from Appleton City High School. Wilbur then joined the U.S. Navy where he served on the USS Nassau aircraft carrier. During this time, Dixie attended what is now Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar and earned an Associates Degree in Education. She had planned to attend Oklahoma Baptist University, but Wilbur came home and instead of going to Oklahoma, she and Wilbur got married Aug. 2, 1946! When Wilbur returned home from the war, he began working for his father at the Zink Mo- tor Company in Appleton City. It is one of the oldest Ford Motor Company dealerships in the country at over 100 years old. Dixie and Wilbur turned the upstairs of the dealership into an apartment and the couple lived there for a num- ber of years. The business remained in the Zink family for over 80 years until it was sold. When Dixie and Wilbur decided to build a new house, Dixie also decided she wanted to earn more money so she enrolled in beauty school. The school was located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, so during the year-long program, she lived with a relative in Belton, Missouri, and rode the bus into the city each day. When she got her cosmetology license, she ran her own beauty salon in their new house. Dixie and Wilbur’s lives were fulfilled and blessed when they became parents of their two wonderful adopted children. Their daughter, Susan Cooper, currently lives in Bolivar and their son, David Zink, lives in Raymore, Missouri. Dixie also has three beautiful granddaughters, Lauren Cooper, Lindsay Cooper and Anna Zink. The couple enjoyed many years of go- ing to Arizona for the winters. They also moved to Springfield in 1997. In 2010, Wilbur passed away and Dixie continued to live in Springfield until 2014 when she moved to Bolivar to be closer to her daughter, Susan. Dixie has loved piecing quilts and quilting by hand for many years. She has made many beautiful quilts for couples in celebration of their marriage and for eve- ryone in the family. In 2017, Dixie moved to Butterfield. She enjoys several activities including exercise, paddleball, bingo, music and socials. We are blessed to have her as part of our Butterfield family. Thank you for sharing your story with us Dixie! 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.