On Friday, December 30th, Steve O’Connor retired as an employee of The Mayflower Community’s Foodservices department. A professional photographer who operated his own studio for many years in Grinnell, Steve picked up the face mask and hair net and went to work three years ago at Mayflower to provide support during a difficult time of…
After 38 years of building, remodeling, repairing, and “looking after the place,” Jack Morrison retired from The Mayflower Community last Friday, September 2nd. He served all that time in the Facilities department and for most of his tenure as Director of Facility Management. Jack’s crowning achievement was likely the construction of the state-of-the-art Watertower Square…
Curt Vos, Mayflower Community’s finish carpenter, retired Wednesday, June 30th, marking just short of 35 years of service to The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). Helping him celebrate at a reception in the Buckley Dining Room, were Curt’s two daughters, Cassie and Jenna and their three kids, who are pictured. — Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing…
On July 16th, The Mayflower Community honored four recently-retired employees who had served Mayflower residents for 86 years. Because the pandemic made it unsafe to host a retirement celebration, Mayflower instead sponsored a “card shower.” The four retirees received a bow-tied stack of notes and cards, a photo collage of their Mayflower work, a fresh…
On Wednesday, Janet Neff, Executive Secretary for The Mayflower Community, retired after 35 years of service. Based in Mayflower’s Pearson building business office, Janet has worked directly with four different Executive Directors over that period. In addition, she has been responsible for Mayflower’s bi-weekly payroll, accounts payable check issuance, and a variety of administrative support…
A retirement open house was held for Joy Douglas on January 8th. Joy began working in Food Service for Grinnell’s Mayflower Community in 2007, 13 years ago. Her last day of employment was Sunday, January 5th in the main food kitchen and in the Beebe Assisted Living dining room. Joy and her husband are planning…
On Wednesday, June 26th, a retirement celebration was held for Mayflower Community employees, Pat Conn, R.N.; Christine Tinker; and Len Eberhart. The Buckley Dining Room was gussied up for the three to greet well-wishers. And, there were a bunch there—over 100 people showed up to express appreciation for all that the three have done for…
The Rev. Len Eberhart, a Grinnell resident since 2002, has announced his retirement from chaplaincy at The Mayflower Community, effective June 30, 2019. Len retired from full time ministry after 10 years as the senior pastor at Grinnell United Methodist Church and joined the Mayflower staff as chaplain in 2012. A native of South Dakota,…