THE HISTORY OF THE

AMERY AREA SENIOR CENTER

This is a little history on how we obtained the history of the Senior Center! In 2006 and 2007, one of our volunteers, Mary Fisher, sat down on two separate occasions with the two former directors, Joanne Ploszay and Sharon Hayek. Joanne and Sharon gave Mary their input on their part of the beloved Center.

On December 12, 2007, both Joanne and Sharon passed away. A few days earlier, Joanne had an aneurism and never woke from a coma. Sharon had gone in for heart surgery the morning of the 12th, survived the surgery, but never woke up. It was a shock to Amery and all the members of the Senior Center that both former directors would pass away, and on the exact same day.

We feel very fortunate that we were able to obtain, in their words, the history of the Amery Senior Center. A special “Thanks” to Mary Fisher, for writing up their memories.

 

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I was fortunate enough to sit down with JoAnne Ploszay for a visit about her memories of the creation of our senior center. It was a wonderful afternoon. I can see why she was the perfect pick to being our center to life. These are her words:

In the beginning, the Amery Area Senior Center was … an idea, a vision, a commitment, a reality!! In 1986, Ed Monette became very interested in the senior citizens of Amery where he and his wife Evelyn chose to make their retirement home. They joined the local senior’s organization and attended meetings held at the American Legion Hall. Ed had an idea and with his wife’s support together they