Community Springs Healthcare Facility's The Grapevine September 2017

The Grapevine
Community Springs
Healthcare
Facility
Volume 223
September 2017
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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All the way from
Branson, Mo.
Comedian &
Magician
Mike Bliss
Guest Performing
Sept. 11,
2 p.m.
For questions
call Nina Berning,
activities director,
417-876-2531.
Meet our
Resident of the Month
Meet our September resident
of the month, Geraldine Spruell.
Geraldine was born Aug. 23,
1929, about 5 miles northwest of
Monegaw Springs in St. Clair
County, Mo., to parents, Auther
and Evelena Ridgway. Geraldine
had two sisters and brothers. Her
family had a 200 acre farm.
The children attended the
upper Monegaw School and later
the Park School until eight grade. Geraldine worked on the family farm, help-
ing her dad with the farm chores. They made their own butter, had plenty of
eggs from their chickens, and even smoked their own pork at their smoke-
house.
Later, she married Clyde Spruell. Clyde was an over-the-road truck driver,
and later he drove for the United States Postal Service with a route from Kan-
sas City to Chicago. Geraldine and Clyde were married for 52 years and had
six children, numerous grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Geraldine was very skilled in sewing, working many years as a sewing ma-
chine operator, and she also worked at the shoe factory in El Dorado Springs.
She lived in a suburb of Los Angeles, Calif., working as a cashier at different
stores before retiring after 20 years. Geraldine has lived in Texas and traveled
throughout the United States. Being a housewife, cooking, sewing, and help-
ing out on the farm are some of her greatest memories. She remembers the
time that her dad showed her how to harness and un-harness the horses, and
then she helped plow their 200 acre farm without a tractor or any other
machinery.
Thank you Geraldine for sharing your story with the residents of Commu-
nity Springs.
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.