December 21, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Monday, December 21st, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: Christmas is almost here at Friendship Villages on this Monday, December 21st, 2020! Residents at all levels on both campuses are getting ready for Christmas. We ask for Christmas blessings for all, every year, but especially this year. The hope of our new future is emerging. Our partner, Walgreen’s has scheduled our first vaccination clinics for the Skilled Nursing Facilities: Monday, December 28th at Friendship Village Sunset […]
November 25, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: On this Thanksgiving Eve, all of us at Friendship Villages of St. Louis wish you and your loved ones a very Happy Thanksgiving. Be assured that the tremendous staff across our campuses are on duty, providing the best in care and service for our residents at every level of senior living and senior care. While it may not be possible to enjoy Thanksgiving with family in this […]
November 25, 2020
November 24, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: The Thanksgiving holiday is almost here at Friendship Villages on this Tuesday, November 24th, 2020. The status of COVID-19 has not changed much since our report on Friday, November 20th and we refer you to that report just below this edition, except for these few changes: The Chesterfield campus still has no residents who are positive for COVID-19. Sunset Hills Skilled Nursing still has multiple residents who […]
November 24, 2020
Click on the story below to read. CCRC Residents Share Their Thanksgiving Gratitude #seniorliving #retirementliving #independentliving #assistedliving #memorycare #homecare #homehealth #gratitude
November 20, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, November 20th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: Fall is in the air, most of the leaves are down and Thanksgiving is on the horizon at Friendship Villages on this Friday, November 20th, 2020. Our wrestling match against COVID-19 continues as the entire region experiences the effects of the surge in coronavirus cases. As noted in the previous update, St. Louis County is under a “Safe at Home” order that asks residents do their best […]
November 18, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Wednesday, November 18th, 2020 UPDATE and REVISED VISITOR POLICY Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: As is well known across our local county and state and, in fact, the entire country, the prevalence of COVID-19 is on the rise, including at Friendship Villages. St. Louis County has issued a “Safe at Home” order that asks that residents do their best to self-quarantine and to only make essential trips if necessary. In support of the County directive and […]
November 17, 2020
Question: How did you meet your wife? Answer: My wife and I met in college at an icebreaker dance before classes began in August of 1959. And we went together all four years of college and got married in 1963 after graduation. We have two daughters and five grandchildren and one great grandchild. I made the first move when we met. There were two of us guys and we went to this icebreaker and met two girls and I said to myself, ‘I like the tall one’ and that was […]
November 16, 2020
Question: How did you get involved in the field of agriculture? Answer: I started working at 14 for the Agriculture College at NC State. That really set the stage for my career for the rest of my life because I was always associated with agriculture from that point on. I stayed there until I went to California to get my PhD at UC-Davis, and that was before the interstate was constructed, so we drove through every little town you can imagine. I came back to NC State, though, as a […]