Apr 27, 2021
STAPLES Delores Mae (Dibble) Hutchison, age 92, passed away peacefully Wednesday afternoon, April 21, 2021. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at Staples Church of Christ in Staples, Minn., with Rev. Barry Klein officiating. Friends may gather from 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday at the Staples Church of Christ in Staples. If you wish to attend the service but don’t feel comfortable to gather with others, you may listen to the service in the church parking lot, tuning to FM 87.7.
Delores was born Aug. 8, 1928, (8/8/28 if asked) in Fairmont, Minn., to Henry and Elizabeth Dibble, as one of 10 children. DeDe, (high school nickname), was a 1948 graduate of Fairmont High School, and married Melvin Carl Hutchison on Nov. 21, 1948, after the fall harvest season. The union was blessed with five children and 71 years together, after the passing of Melvin in the fall of 2019. Delores lived her life by the words written on the front cover of her Bible:
Lee s Summit nursing home residents, staff receive COVID-19 vaccine
Facility suffered previous outbreak
and last updated 2021-01-07 19:28:37-05
LEE S SUMMIT, Mo. â The new year is bringing new hope to a Lee s Summit nursing home.
As the I-Team first reported in November, Wilshire at Lakewood Care Center in Lee s Summit suffered a COVID-19 outbreak a few months ago in which 137 residents and staff tested positive for the virus.
One of them is Joann Williams, 86.
According to her daughter Julie Higgerson, Williams went to Wilshire for rehabilitation due to dehydration from an infection. Even though Williams tested positive for the virus, Higgerson said her mom never had any symptoms.
New family nurse practitioner Michelle Allred.
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Michelle Allred, family nurse practitioner at Lakewood Health System.
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Michelle Allred is the newest family nurse practitioner to join the Lakewood Health System medical staff.
Originally from Sumner, Wash., Allred received her advanced nursing degree from Walden University in Minneapolis. She is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association and Minnesota Rural Health Association, according to a Lakewood Health System news release.
As a family nurse practitioner, Allred has special interests in health promotion and disease prevention for the most vulnerable patients. She received the 2019 Emerging Rural Health Leader award from the Minnesota Rural Health Association.