Residents’
Review
January 2018
Volume 31, Issue 1
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
John Spiegel,
Resident of the Month
John Birk Spiegel was born Sept. 29, 1942, to Robert
and Jean Spiegel of Kansas City, Mo. John grew up
involved in scouting, church choir, his high school
band, and family vacations.
John graduated from Southeast High School in Kan-
sas City, Mo. in 1960. He then attended Central Mis-
souri State University in Warrensburg, Mo., and he
Discharges
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graduated in 1964 with a Bachelors degree in Educa-
Sympathy
6
tion, which prepared him to teach Kindergarten through
twelfth grade. His first teaching job was in Iowa, where
Our Mission
he taught Kindergarten, fifth and sixth grade. John
Caring for every generation
earned his Masters degree in Education plus several
through exceptional services by
extra hours at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar
leading physicians and a
compassionate healthcare team. Falls, Iowa. He then became a principal in Waterloo,
Iowa. During his career, he has been a teacher, princi-
pal, and a superintendent. John, Carolyn, and their family have lived in Iowa, Illinois and
Our Vision
Be the first choice for customer
South Dakota. One of his most interesting experiences in education was being an elementary
focused healthcare to every
principal on the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation in McLaughlin, S. D. John and
generation.
Carolyn moved to Bolivar in 1992, and he became a teacher in the Bolivar school system,
teaching third and fourth grade. He enjoyed reading to his students, he saw it as an introduc-
Our Values
tion to good literature. John’s favorite book is “The Yearling” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
I am...
One of his favorite trips was when he toured Marjorie K. Rawlings home, where she wrote
P ositive
“The Yearling.”
R espectful
I nnovative
D edicated
E mpowered
Together, we are CMH PRIDE!
He met his lovely bride to be, Carolyn Hosack, at church, where his mother asked him,
“Why haven’t you ever dated her.” The couple both attended Southeast High School, and
after graduation and two years of college, they were married in Kansas City, June 16, 1962.
Their home was filled with children, four of their own, two girls and two boys, and seven
foster children. One of the couples foster children has remained close to them.
John has been a part of the CMHCF family since April 2016. His hobbies included sing-
ing in church, cooking and baking, because his mother and grandmother had taught him, and
gardening. When he was a boy his parents had a large garden, so he would load up his wag-
on and go through the neighborhood and sell produce. Congratulations, John, on being se-
lected as our first Resident of the Month in 2018.