Residents’
Review
August 2016
Volume 29, Issue 8
Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility is an affiliate of CMH, Bolivar, Mo., 417-326-6000
Facility Location: 1218 West Locust, Bolivar, Mo. 65613, 417-326-7648
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident of the Month
1
Activity Photos
2
Employee Spotlight
3
Announcements
4
Calendar of Events
5
Birthdays
6
New Residents
6
Discharges
6
Sympathy
6
Our Mission
Caring for every generation
through exceptional services by
leading physicians and a
compassionate healthcare team.
Our Vision
Be the first choice for customer
focused healthcare to every
generation.
Our Values
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Together, we are CMH PRIDE!
Violet Doyle,
Resident of the Month
Violet was born in 1926 to parents, Lucille and Violet
James Copeland in Rolla, Mo. She was the middle child of
three girls. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to an old
house in Pulaski County. As a child, Violet lived through the
Great Depression. “Times were tough,” She said. “At that
time, food was not easy to come by.” Violet and her family
raised chickens, which was her main source of food during
her younger years. Since the family did not have a way to
keep meat, her mother would often say, “Can you run that
chicken down for supper?” Violet remembers going to pick
one out and cleaning it. Violet enjoyed hunting and cooking
their food, which her two sisters didn’t. She remembers picking and canning blackberries, making sure the family always
Violet Doyle
had a supply. “It was a hard, hot job,” Violet said with a
smile. “I enjoyed every part of it.”
As a child, Violet had a pet squirrel. She recalled a time when the squirrel chewed the
buttons off all of her clothes. Her mother ordered her to take the squirrel outside and let it go.
Once outside, he ran up a tree and Violet never saw him again.
Violet loves pies. Over the years, she has made lots of them. She still enjoys a Rhubarbstrawberry pie the most. She remembers having pie suppers and she would make her famous
coconut cream pie to raise money for her school to buy books. As an eighth grader, she
worked at Fort Wood where she sewed parachutes. She enjoyed sewing and made many of
her own clothes her.
After she graduated, Violet took a job in Jefferson City, Mo. where she worked in the
Capital. She enjoyed all the culture Jefferson City had to offer. For Violet, it was fun to see
how others lived and dressed. When she wasn’t working, she would spend her time sewing
new clothes for herself on a rented sewing machine. Eventually, Violet returned to Fort
Wood, where she worked an office job. “It made me feel so big when I got that first pay
check,” she said with a giggle. “I went to the fabric store and bought the material I liked and
wanted to sew!”
At 22 years old, Violet married James Doyle. James was a good, hard-working man.
Since he was a carpenter and builder, they were able to build three of their houses. Together,
they were blessed with three children. Sadly, one of her children has since passed. “No one
should have to outlive their children,” she said. “I try to think of the fun times and be grateful
for them.” She recalls the time she took her four year old out to go squirrel hunting. Laughing, she tells the story of how every time she would take a shot, she would miss. Her son was
so mad.
According to Violet, some of her favorite things are sweets, pies and Spanish music. She
still enjoys listening to cooking shows. Congratulations to Violet Doyle on being named
CMHCF’s August Resident of the Month.