Butterfield Residential Care Center's Butterfield Express January 2018

Butterfield
EXPRESS
Volume 29, Issue 1
January 2018
Butterfield Residential Care Center is an affiliate of CMH, Bolivar, Mo., 417-326-6000
Facility Location: 1120 North Butterfield, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-326-5200
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Resident of the Month 1
Activity Photos 2
Upcoming Events 3
Residents’ Birthdays 4
New Residents 4
Discharges 4
from all of
us at
Butterfield
Residential
Care Center.
Neva Landon,
Resident of the Month
Congratulations to Neva Landon on being
selected as the resident of the month for Jan-
uary. Neva Arlene Jones Landon was born
Feb. 24, 1933, in Osceola, Mo., to Tom and
Jewel Jones. Neva was one of seven children.
She had five brothers: Leo, Donald, Dick,
Darrell, and Tommy, and one sister, Jean.
Neva grew up in Clinton, Mo., where she
shared many happy memories with her fami-
ly. She worked at an ice cream parlor as a
teenager. She graduated from Clinton High
School in 1950.
Neva met Carl Landon, and they became
high school sweethearts and married in 1950.
The couple moved to California shortly after
marrying. Carl worked at the Kellogg Com-
pany, and Neva became a stay at home mom
to their four children: Steve, Tom, Carla, and
Mike. The family lived in California for 34
years. Neva worked in the home and also at
Hunts Cannery for a short time. She also was
a foster mom and raised two foster children .
Carl retired in 1985, and the family
moved to Eudora, Mo. Carl volunteered for
the Eudora Fire Department, and Neva en-
joyed helping to care for four of her grand-
children. The couple moved to Bolivar in
2005. They were blessed with 59 years of
marriage when Carl passed away in 2010.
Neva has always enjoyed crafts, such as
making hats, quilts, angels, and making
Christmas ornaments. She is a member of the
Eudora Baptist Church in Eudora, Mo. She
enjoyed many years of volunteering with her
church. She was the nursery volunteer for 12
years, cooked for the “Keenagers Club,” sent
food and dinners for sick and those just home
from hospital, helped with decorating the
church for holidays, and taught craft classes
at the church.
Neva moved to Butterfield in 2016.
She enjoys sewing, embroidery, quilt-
ing, crafts, and working puzzles. She
started a “Hat Lady” club at Butterfield,
and her and several other ladies enjoy
decorating hats and wearing them for
holidays and special occasions. She
also enjoys the music groups, parties
and socials. Neva loves spending time
and visiting with her many friends and
family, including her daughter, Carla
and husband Bob of Bolivar and son,
Steve and wife Terri of California. Her
sons, Tom and Mike, are deceased. She
is blessed with six grandchildren, five
boys and one girl, and four great grand-
children, three boys and one girl.
Thank you for sharing your story
with us, Neva. We are blessed you are a
part of our Butterfield family!
Are you a caring individual who would like to assist in caring for the elderly?
Butterfield Residential Care Center has opportunities in its volunteer program.
For more information call Tammie Martin, administrator, at 417-328-6380.