"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Rev. Eugene K. Nelson and The Bethany Home Writers
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Rev. Eugene K. Nelson and The Bethany Home Writers
1986
The Bethany Home Story
TABLE OF CONTENTS
including listed photos
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The Bethany Home Story
TABLE OF CONTENTS
including listed photos
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Foreword i
by Rev. Eugene K. Nelson
Table of Contents including listed photos iii
by Rev. Eugene K. Nelson
Table of Contents including listed photos iii
Chapter I The Origins 1
Photos:
Sign: Bethany Home: A Place of Christian Love and Concern, Since 1907, 1
Bethany Home residents of the earliest time, 2
Chapter II The Buildings That Have Been Bethany Home 3
Photos:
The Original Building and Bethany Church Parsonage, 3
Bethany Home for the Aged, New Addition, 5
Ground-breaking for Pleasant View, Nov. 11, 1965, 9
Royer Barclay, 10; Gene Larson, 12
Milo Miller, Mrs. Lawrence Peterson, Carl Rundquist, 15
Bethany Home, A Place of Christian Love and Concern and Eldon Swensson, 16
Topics:
Pleasant View, 8; Elin Manor, 9; Hoglund Manor, 12
The Chapel and To Continue with Hoglund Manor, 13
The Kitchen Is Enlarged and The Activities Building, 14
Chapter III The Board and the Sponsoring Church 17
Photos:
Dr. Alf Bergin, Chairman of Bethany Home, 1910-1944. He also served as chaplain, 17
J. O. Stromquist, Treasurer of the Home, from 1920 to 1944, 17
Ebba Fornberg, Treasurer, 1944-1950, 18
John Altenborg, Business Manager from 1951 to 1965, faithful supporter of the Home, 19
Crissy Anderson, R.N., Director of Nursing Services, 1956-1971, 19
Topics:
Former Board Members of Bethany Home, 1950-1986, 22
Chapter IV The Residents of the Home 23
Chapter V Some of Those Who Have Cooked, Cleaned, Nursed and Cared 25
Photos:
Mrs. Bengt Berg, First Director of Nursing, 25
Jeanie Holwerda, R.N, Director of Nursing since Nov. 11, 1975, 25
Bill Carlson, Administrator, 1974 to present time, 26
Bethany Home Residents of July 28, 1986, 28-29 -- by Jim Turner
Bethany Home Board, October, 1986 (14 present, 2 absent), 32
Chapter VI Some Who Have Made Significant Financial Contributions 33
Chapter VII The Bethany Home Auxiliary 37
by Mrs. E. G. (Alice) Larson
Topic:
UPDATE, Bethany Home Auxiliary, by Ione Toll, 39
Photos:
Chaplain Carl Gustafson conducting Chapel Service in Dining Room in 1974, 40
Coffee Time in Bethany Home, 40
Chapter VIII The Hiring of a Full-time Chaplain, 41
by Bill Carlson, Administrator
Photo
Rev. Don Hawk, Chaplain since the fall of 1982
Chapter IX The Changes in Care in the Past Ten Years 43
by Jeanie Holwerda, RN, DNS
Chapter X The Bethany Home Cottages 45
Topics:
Growth of Bethany Home, by Maggie Rush, CNA
Listing of residents, 46
from:
Pleasant View, Elin Manor, Pioneer Memorial I, Pioneer Memorial II
Golden Annex, Hogland Manor
Cottages Phase I, Cottages Phase II, Cottages Phase III
Chapter XI Memories of Bethany Home by Residents and Friends 47
Topics:
"The Old People's Home" by Rev. Norman A. André
"First Memories of Bethany Home" by 53 residents and friends
"The Gentle Art of Caring" by Verna Perrill Todd
Epilogue 59 by Rev. Eugene K. Nelson
Bethany Home Song
(Inside back cover)
Photos:
Sign: Bethany Home: A Place of Christian Love and Concern, Since 1907, 1
Bethany Home residents of the earliest time, 2
Chapter II The Buildings That Have Been Bethany Home 3
Photos:
The Original Building and Bethany Church Parsonage, 3
Bethany Home for the Aged, New Addition, 5
Ground-breaking for Pleasant View, Nov. 11, 1965, 9
Royer Barclay, 10; Gene Larson, 12
Milo Miller, Mrs. Lawrence Peterson, Carl Rundquist, 15
Bethany Home, A Place of Christian Love and Concern and Eldon Swensson, 16
Topics:
Pleasant View, 8; Elin Manor, 9; Hoglund Manor, 12
The Chapel and To Continue with Hoglund Manor, 13
The Kitchen Is Enlarged and The Activities Building, 14
Chapter III The Board and the Sponsoring Church 17
Photos:
Dr. Alf Bergin, Chairman of Bethany Home, 1910-1944. He also served as chaplain, 17
J. O. Stromquist, Treasurer of the Home, from 1920 to 1944, 17
Ebba Fornberg, Treasurer, 1944-1950, 18
John Altenborg, Business Manager from 1951 to 1965, faithful supporter of the Home, 19
Crissy Anderson, R.N., Director of Nursing Services, 1956-1971, 19
Topics:
Former Board Members of Bethany Home, 1950-1986, 22
Chapter IV The Residents of the Home 23
Chapter V Some of Those Who Have Cooked, Cleaned, Nursed and Cared 25
Photos:
Mrs. Bengt Berg, First Director of Nursing, 25
Jeanie Holwerda, R.N, Director of Nursing since Nov. 11, 1975, 25
Bill Carlson, Administrator, 1974 to present time, 26
Bethany Home Residents of July 28, 1986, 28-29 -- by Jim Turner
Bethany Home Board, October, 1986 (14 present, 2 absent), 32
Chapter VI Some Who Have Made Significant Financial Contributions 33
Chapter VII The Bethany Home Auxiliary 37
by Mrs. E. G. (Alice) Larson
Topic:
UPDATE, Bethany Home Auxiliary, by Ione Toll, 39
Photos:
Chaplain Carl Gustafson conducting Chapel Service in Dining Room in 1974, 40
Coffee Time in Bethany Home, 40
Chapter VIII The Hiring of a Full-time Chaplain, 41
by Bill Carlson, Administrator
Photo
Rev. Don Hawk, Chaplain since the fall of 1982
Chapter IX The Changes in Care in the Past Ten Years 43
by Jeanie Holwerda, RN, DNS
Chapter X The Bethany Home Cottages 45
Topics:
Growth of Bethany Home, by Maggie Rush, CNA
Listing of residents, 46
from:
Pleasant View, Elin Manor, Pioneer Memorial I, Pioneer Memorial II
Golden Annex, Hogland Manor
Cottages Phase I, Cottages Phase II, Cottages Phase III
Chapter XI Memories of Bethany Home by Residents and Friends 47
Topics:
"The Old People's Home" by Rev. Norman A. André
"First Memories of Bethany Home" by 53 residents and friends
"The Gentle Art of Caring" by Verna Perrill Todd
Epilogue 59 by Rev. Eugene K. Nelson
Bethany Home Song
(Inside back cover)
Go, HERE to 1986 The Bethany Home Story Foreword and Epilogue by Rev. Nelson.
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Published 1986, 65 pages
Grateful thanks to Bethany Home for the gift of this most historical book of 1986, to be used in SWEDES, 2018.
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
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