Columnist Bill Herr taught high school mathematics and science for 32 years before serving as a volunteer and then as a staff chaplain at two nursing homes.
By Bill Herr
My aunt lived in a nursing home in a nearby city. I have great memories of my aunt and uncle. At family gatherings in their home, the younger ones played games and the older ones played cards. My aunt had been active in social organizations. My uncle had a good job and always had a cigar in his mouth when they played cards. He had passed years before when I went to visit my aunt a nursing home.
When I visit someone I always bring up past events in that person’s life in the conversation. When I mentioned my uncle’s name, my aunt, who now had dementia, asked me where he was. I said, “He is in heaven, you remember he died a few years back.” That was the wrong thing for me to say. My aunt cried and said, “Why didn’t someone tell me?” She was angry.
The Village of Ada office will be open until 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16 for pool pass sales and photos. Additional after hours opportunities are Saturday, May 4 from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and Tuesday, May 7 until 7:30 p.m.
2024 Keiser Lecture
7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17
McIntosh Ballroom at Ohio Northern University
Evolutionary biologists Peter R. Grant, professor of zoology, emeritus, and B. Rosemary Grant, senior research biologist, emeritus, both within the Princeton University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will be the featured speakers for the 2024 Terry Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in the Life Sciences. Their presentation, titled “The Nature of the Galapágos,” is free and open to the public.
