Surviving Spouse Spotlight
Shirley Worth was born in St. Louis on March 21, 1937. She was the oldest of eight children, although she was 12 years older than her next sibling. Her mother had seven more children after getting remarried. As a self-admitted wallflower, Shirley enjoyed staying home and didn’t really start to go out until she was…
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Floye Miller Utter was born in December of 1918 in Rocky Hill, a town 65 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas. She was the ninth child born into the family but the first to be born in Arkansas in the log cabin on their farm. All thirteen siblings were taught in a one-room schoolhouse…
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Emma “Era” Williams, born Emma Baker, was the youngest of eight children born on a ranch in Fort Sumner, NM, in 1923. Era grew up in New Mexico, attending grade school there before her family moved to McLean, TX. In McLean, she attended high school and eventually met her future husband, James “Jake” Williams. Jake…
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Losing a spouse changes the life that a person knows. What was normal is no longer an option. “Death of a spouse” is listed as No. 1 on the Stress Index Scale and is considered one of life’s most devastating events. The physical and emotional effects of losing a spouse range from trouble sleeping and…
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The physical and emotional effects of losing a spouse range from trouble sleeping and lack of appetite to severe depression and an increased risk of heart failure. That’s why caring for seniors who’ve lost their spouse is so important and why we’ve designated October as Healing Hearts month at VCC.
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I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. – Leo Rosten No one knows more intimately the sacrifices our Military Veterans make in…
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Home Care For Veterans: Doris Viola Lemberger is our July Veteran Spouse Spotlight! Doris was married to her late husband, Willard Lemberger, for 58 years.
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Home Care for Veterans: Mary Lovelle Biberston was married to her late husband, George Biberston, for 60 years. They are from Lynwood, California.
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Home Care for Veterans: Meet Loreane McClinton, surviving spouse of Dave McClinton and resident of St. Louis, MO.
Read MorePatricia Belcher is our surviving spouse of the month and we would like to honor her and her husband Jack Belcher. Jack Belcher served in the Navy during the Vietnam Era from 1964 to 1975. His duties included serving on the USS Missouri Carrier Ship and he worked on planes AC units Jack and Patricia…
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