Community Springs Healthcare Facility's The Grapevine January 2015

The Grapevine
Community Springs
Healthcare
Facility

Volume 189

January 2015

Community Springs Healthcare Facility is an affiliate of Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation, Bolivar, Mo. 417 -328-6000
Facility Location: 400 East Hospital Road, El Dorado Springs, Mo. 64744, 417-876-2531

INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident of the Month
Information
CSHCF Highlights
Activities
Residents’ Birthdays
Calendar of Events

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Coming Soon
Friday, Feb. 13
5 p.m.
2015
Community Springs
Healthcare Facility’s

Valentine’s
Ball
For information
call
417-876-2531

Meet our
Resident of the Month
Mary “Hides” Cates was born in
Lincoln, England on June 28, 1918, to John
and Clarissa Hide. After graduation, Mary
continued her education with a focus in
bookkeeping and secretarial skills.
During World War II, while serving
as a volunteer for the Red Cross, Mary met
Ferrel Cates. The couple would later marry
and be blessed with 61 years of marriage.
Soon after the couple were married, Mary
and Ferrel moved to Missouri, where they raised five children: John, Richard,
Patrick, Michelle, and Nancy.
In 1958,Mary took a position as a secretary and bookkeeper at Benton
High School in St. Joseph, Mo., at the same school her children had at one time
attended. She loved her job and retired in 1985. It took Mary more than 30 years
before she would return to England for the first time since moving to the United
States. It was from that point on, that Mary would be certain that she visited her
beloved England every 2-3 years.
Mary has numerous hobbies. Her favorite hobbies are ones that will allow
her to use her hands. Mary enjoys quilting, sewing, cross-stitching, and working
in the yard. She is a huge sports fan and loves the Royals, Chiefs, and her Mizzou
Tigers. Even though Mary has a lot of friends and hobbies to keep her entertained and happy, her greatest joy comes from her children and grandchildren,
all of whom she adores and loves.
Mary enjoys life’s simple pleasures and is in her element when a baby is
near. If you ask her how she is doing her signature and positive response is “I’m
on TOP of the World.” According to her family, she is a wonderful cook and a
patient and loving mom.
Thank you Mary for sharing your story, and being Community Springs
Healthcare Facility’s Resident of the Month.
Are you a caring individual who would like to assist in caring for the elderly? Community
Springs Healthcare Facility has opportunities in its volunteer and nursing program. For more
information, call administrator Chris Vickers today at 417-876-2531.