Together again - women of the Clarion Clinic share memories

There’s not much better than sitting down with friends over a cup of coffee. But where time and distance are a factor, such meetings are all the more sweet. So was the case on July 27 at Grounded on Main Street, where a group of women who once worked together at the old Clarion Clinic gathered for a time of memories and friendship.

“Leaanne [Anderson] and I were talking… ‘Let’s just go uptown for coffee,” said Naomi Maxheimer. The more they talked, the more they realized they wanted to see everyone else who had worked at the clinic, some who still lived in the area, and some who had moved. Maxheimer said they called everyone—“Even if they were 300 miles away.”

Ultimately, nine were able to come. Some had started working at the clinic in the 1960s, when it resided in the building that is now Wright County Public Health, before the clinic merged with Clarion’s hospital in the early 80s. Some were receptionists, some were medical assistants, and some were nurses.

For the full story, see the August 4 edition of the Monitor.