Community Loving Care Hospice – Bowling Green, Missouri
The team at Community Loving Care Hospice in Bowling Green, Mo.,
recently had a very important milestone for one of their nurses. Helen
Fishbeck, LPN, just celebrated her 50-year anniversary as a nurse. What an
amazing accomplishment!
In 1966, Helen graduated from Graf Vo-Tech School in
Springfield, Mo., as an LPN. She started her career as a hospital nurse
at Missouri Hospital and Cox Medical Center in Springfield before moving to St.
Louis to be with her new husband and work for Barnes Hospital.
Life brought the couple to the Hannibal, Mo., area and Helen
took a position at Audrain Medical Center (which later became Hannibal Medical
Center). She retired from Hannibal Medical Center after 30 years and
tried to “take it easy.” Of course, that didn’t last long.
Helen told her husband, “I am a nurse and always will be a
nurse. Come tomorrow, I am going to look for a job.” He replied,
“What took you so long?”
Helen found Community Loving Care Hospice and joined the
team as a part-time LPN until her husband became ill and eventually passed
away. She continues to work for CLC on a PRN status – always willing to
cover patients and do what she can to help her fellow nurses.
Helen is an active supporter of the Patriot Guard Riders, who
help escort the Honor Flight Veterans every month by serving sandwiches (along with
her fellow CLC team members) to the riders. She is also an avid
fundraiser for the Hospice Promise Foundation. Helen and her late husband
raised a family of 7 children – Raymond, Danny, Christine, Matthew, Michael,
Jonathon and Terry.
When asked if she always wanted to be a nurse, she
immediately responded: “Oh yes! I have always wanted to be a nurse for as
long as I can remember. I have always felt it was a real treat to care
for other people.”
Thank you, Helen, for your many years of service as a nurse.
We appreciate your support for your team, your patients, your community and our
Hospice Promise Foundation. You are our Hospice Hero!
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