Ash Grove Healthcare Facility's Rocking Chair News August 2015

ASH GROVE HEALTHCARE FACILITY Rocking Chair News August 2015 Volume 19, Issue 8 Make Note! Inside this Issue To register for the monthly AGHCF e-newsletter, please give us your email address. You may contact Ashley Tate in the business office at 417-751-2575 or send us a private message via our Facebook page. AGHF is located at 401 North Medical Drive, Ash Grove, Mo. 65604 417-751-2575 Resident of the Month, Georgia Mitchell was born in a small town near Harrisonville, Mo., to Charles and Clara Kugaric Hudson. She has four sisters. Mary Alice Lee, Dorothy Shirk, Alberta Lee and Effie Yeates. Dorothy also had two brothers, who passed at birth. Sadly, when Georgia was 8, her mother passed away. At that time, she and her siblings went to the Catholic Orphanage. There she learned many valuable life skills. Georgia attended East Linn school through the eighth grade. On Sept. 30 1939, Georgia married Arthur Hodson. The couple was blessed with four children: Clifford, Larry, Martina and Charles. The couple lived in Walnut Grove until 1961, when Arthur passed away. Then, on June 17, 1965, Georgia remarried, this time to Kenneth Mitchell. Georgia and Kenneth lived in Springfield until 1981. Georgia has been blessed six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. While at home, Georgia was a housewife and mother. She also worked at the Colonial Hotel, American Bag Co., Selmar Ferris Laundry and as a restaurant cook. In her free time she enjoyed working in her garden and raising flowers, reading, doing embroidery and making quilts. As a child, Georgia was raised and baptized in the Catholic faith. In recent years, she has attended the Walnut Grove Christian Church and now the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church . Georgia likes to work word puzzles, watch TV and visit friends and family. She is also an avid doll collector. Georgia’s life motto is to “pray a lot.” Georgia has been part of the Ash Grove Healthcare Facility family since December 2014. She loves living here with her friends. Congratulations on being chosen as Ash Grove Healthcare Facility’s Resident of the Month for August! Resident of the Month 1 Employee of the Year 1 Resident Photos 2 Fundraisers/Events 2 Calendar of Events 3 Special Care Calendar 5 Residents’ Birthdays 6 New Residents 6 Discharges 6 citizensmemorial.com Employee of the Month Congratulations! Bobbie Woods been chosen as AGHCF’s July’s Employee of the Month. The Employee of the Month for August has yet to be determine. The individual who is selected will be featured in the September edition of the Rocking Chair News.