Farmington June 2017

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June 2017

Farmington Presbyterian Manors employees renew their committment to resident care.

Celebrating Founders Day On April 18, the employees of Farmington Presbyterian Manor celebrated the 68th year of Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica providing quality senior services guided by Christian values in Kansas and Missouri.

Farmington celebrated its 55th anniversary this year and our employees reconfirmed their commitment to respect, assist, show compassion, advocate for and serve our residents.

Dianne Dickerson with one of her works of art.

Resident’s daughter starts craft classes Artist. Chauffeur. Caregiver. Daughter.

Dianne Dickerson fulfills a lot of roles around Farmington Presbyterian Manor. Now she’s adding “teacher” to the list.

In 1947, Alice Kalb breaks ground on what would become the first Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America community.

In May, Dianne taught her first crafting class for residents; the theme was Beach Weaving 101. She likes to rummage through thrift stores for scrap fabric and make art from found items, like driftwood and sea shells. She thought residents might enjoy doing it, too.

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media/crafts category (professional division) with a collage titled “Four Faces of Eve.” Again, she used recycled materials in this piece­—­ Dianne cut off the pictures from those return address labels that nonprofit organizations send out and used them for the background.

In this year’s Art is Ageless® competition, Dianne took first place in the fiber arts category with her weaving, “Moon Over the Mississippi.” But she downplays the honor because, she said, there were no other entries in that category.

That’s what inspired her to share her Dianne has been entering Art skills and offer to others to weave. is Ageless since she moved to Activity Director Carol Winch and Farmington about five years ago her staff welcomed the idea. to be closer to her dad, Billy “I thought it wasn’t quite fair (that I Dickerson, a Presbyterian Manor won), so I’ll get a lot of competition resident, and her daughters and now by teaching others how to grandchildren. do it,” said Dianne, who has a background in art education.

Dianne is a familiar face around our community; she also provides She also took first in the mixed transportation services for a couple of our residents. She lives close enough to walk over and visit her dad often, but she wouldn’t call herself his caregiver. “He’s pretty independent, much to my brother’s and my chagrin,” she laughed.

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The Dickerson family lived in Hawaii for five years while Billy was in the Navy. That’s where Dianne’s mom, Frankie, learned to hula.

From then on, she loved to teach and demonstrate the dance wherever she could—and some residents may remember Frankie doing the hula at parties in our community!

After Billy retired from the service, he and Frankie eventually moved to Sikeston, Mo., and then to Presbyterian Manor about 10 years ago. They were married for 67 years; Frankie died in 2013.

We’re grateful to people like Dianne who give so much to our community. She would like to teach a variety of crafts that residents would like to do, so watch for announcements of upcoming classes and join her to learn something new!

is published monthly for residents and friends of Farmington Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org Jane Hull, executive director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact jhull@pmma.org Telephone: 573-756-6768 Fax: 573-756-6014 Address: 500 Cayce St., Farmington, MO 63640-2910 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

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It takes a village Congratulations to our 2017 Community Volunteers of the Year, Evelyn Peyton and Jon Cozean! Your time is a selfless and priceless gift you give to our residents, thank you for everything you do for us!

Above: Jon Cozean accepts his award from Teresa Pinkley, volunteer coordinator.

Left: Evelyn Peyton and Teresa Pinkley, volunteer coordinator.

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Continuing education We will be featuring employees who have continued their education with Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s help in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. If you have a story to tell about an employee you know is continuing their education, or if you just want to tell the world what you love about living in your senior living community, we want to share your story.

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