Freeman Regional Health Services
CURRENT EVENTS
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KRIS SALIS NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Oakview
Terrace C.N.A. and Ward Secretary Kris Salis
has been named
March’s Employee Of The Month.
Kris’s job as
Ward Secretary includes “tons of paperwork
and a little bit
of everything,” she says, “but it gives me
variety and
keeps me busy all day long!”
Kris and her
husband Walter live in Freeman with
their two
children: Ricky,
age 2 and Kahlen, age 1 1/2.
Kris enjoys
being a mom, and reading fiction whenever
she gets
a chance.
CONGRATULATIONS KRIS!
ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT
SHARON ANDERSEN RETIRES
Activities Assistant
Sharon Andersen, a 12-year veteran of FRHS,
retired March 1. A retirement party was held in her honor, with staff
and residents present.
Above, Sharon says good-bye to Oakview Terrace resident John Penner.
Sharon gave each resident a personal good-bye, with tears and hugs.
Best
of Luck, Sharon, with wishes for a very long and happy retirement!!
R.N. LaVonne Brockmueller Named
FRHS Employee Of The Year
Freeman Medical
Center R.N. LaVonne Brockmueller was named
Freeman Regional
Health Services Employee of the Year for 2009.
LaVonne
graduated from
Henderson (NE)
High School and
Freeman Jr.
College.
She attended
The University of Nebraska for one semester, then married
Rudy
Brockmueller. She became an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician,) and
served as her
church secretary for 13 years.
Eventually,
through a series of conversations with Sharon Waltner, and
prayerful
consideration, LaVonne made the decision to become a nurse.
“My decision
to go into nursing was the knowledge that it was the right
thing to do,”
she says. “It was something God wanted for my life.”
She enrolled
in the nursing program at Mt. Marty and graduated in 1993.
She worked
briefly at Covington Heights
in Sioux Falls, and the Tieszen
Memorial Home in
Marion.
In 1995 she
became a nurse at the Freeman Hospital, working on the
floor, working
with home health, and, later, assisting in surgery.
LaVonne now
works part time in the hospital, and part time for Sanford
Hospice, which
serves Freeman and surrounding communities.
“It’s humbling
and rewarding caring for people you know, and who know you,”
she said.
LaVonne lives on
a farm with her husband Rudy (married 36 years),
They have two grown sons,
Brent, and Brad (Charisse) and a grand
daughter Alexa,
age 5.
CONGRATULATIONS LAVONNE!!
FRHS staff were honored for years
of service at a staff potluck February 4th. The honorees were, from left:
Beverly Ulmer, 5
years; Janette Epp, 30 years; Dorothy Preheim, 35 years; Neil Zachariasen and
Judy
Carter, 15
years; Joyce Gross, 20 years; Jetta Schwader and Faye Goertz, 40 years; Donna
Brosz, 25
years and Alice
Graber, 35 years.
NOT PICTURED:
Heather Thompson
and Shelinda Smith, 5 years.
The King and Queen chosen for the 2010
Valentine's Day banquet were Oakview
Terrace residents Miriam
and Don Hamm.
Their love story spans 56
years.
With them to help celebrate,
are Miriam's
siblings, Mary Ruth Hofmann and
Moses
Glanzer.
Don passed away March 1.
We extend our
deepest sympathies to the Hamm family.
Freeman Regional Health Services Establishes Foundation
Freeman Regional Health Services has established a foundation
designed to develop long-term relationships
and support for Freeman's independently owned and operated health
care system. The mission of the foundation
includes raising funds for projects that will benefit the
hospital and nursing home.
FRHS CEO Daniel L. Gran has announced that the newly formed
foundation is under the direction of long-time
FRHS employee Mary Waltner, and an advisory committee. The
committee is made up of FRHS staff and community
members: Tony Miller, Katie Fokken, Donna Waltner, Dean
Dreessen, and Staci Stern.
"I'm excited about this new venture for our facility and the
possibilities it opens up for us," Waltner said. "I'm looking
forward to working with the committee to insure the success of
the foundation."
"We want to build on the strong support from the greater
community that's enabled us to serve the people of this
area for nearly six decades."
An inaugural event for the foundation is scheduled for Saturday,
January 30, 2010. It will be an opportunity for folks to
come together for an elegant yet informal evening of hors
d'ouevres and wine, There will also be a verbal and silent
auction.
Tickets are available from Freeman Regional Health Services
business office, and all three banks in Freeman: Cortrust,
Merchants and Home Federal Banks.
APARTMENTS AVAILABLE AT WALNUT STREET VILLAGE
Four Apartments are available for rent at Walnut Street Village. a
congregate living center owned and operated by
Freeman Regional Health Services.
Congregate living is a term which describes the independent life
style of apartment living. The term congregate means
just that: to congregate. Each apartment complex has
a large room centrally located where residents may gather for
parties, programs, family gatherings, etc.
There is a kitchen and dining area adjoining the larger party room, where
residents may eat breakfast together each morning. Breakfast is
provided by the dietary department at FRHS.
Other amenities of congregate living include repair and
maintenance of the buildings as well as lawn care; maintenance
of the grounds, and snow removal; an emergency call system which
rings directly into the hospital nurse's station -
number 7 on the residents' telephones; educational and recreational
activities provided by FRHS; and maintenance
nursing and physical therapy services are available to the residents, as well.
For more information call Mary Waltner or Dan Gran at
605-925-4000.
Freeman Regional Health Services
March Calendar
WIC Voucher Pick up Days
No WIC in March
Cardiac Rehab
Monday-Wednesday-Friday
Bone
Density
Third
Monday of every month
CT
Scans
As scheduled
MRIs
Every
Wednesday
Mammogram
Appointments
available
Monday-Friday, call
925-2105
Physical Therapy
Monday
through Friday
Speech/Occupational Therapy
Monday
through Friday
Surgery
Monday
through Friday
Ultra
Sound Exams
As
scheduled
Foot Clinic - March 11 & 25
Freeman Regional Health Services
(605)
925-4000
(605) 925-2137
email:
email@freemanregional.com
FHS
Board
of Directors
Dennis Wollman-President
John Butkus-Vice-President
Jason Aanenson -
Treasurer
Steve Fuhrmann
LaVerne Diede
Delmer Hofer
Scott Park
Lori Uecker
Jim Julson
Glenn Roth
Rural Medical
Clinics
Bridgewater (605) 729-2421
Freeman
(605) 925-4219
Marion
(605) 648-3559
Menno
(605) 387-5435
