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Winter 2020
Volume 53 | Issue 1
“The way we reflect the world around us
is the reflection of the world within us.”
~Gabrielle Bernstein
Spirit of St. Louis • pages 2-3
HIGHLIGHTS
Updated Spaces • pages 4-5
Resident Profile • page 6-7
Foundation Giving • page 8
Photo taken on Westhaven Golf Course, Oshkosh
A piece of history saved “Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has
encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against
overwhelming odds.” ~Charles Lindbergh
Hanging from the ceiling in the Creekview Café is a Evergreen resident Bill Funcke learned in 2018 that graphics and new decals. Of utmost importance Funcke played with model airplanes as a child and
model airplane of Charles Lindbergh’s The Spirit of the model needed restoring. As a lifelong aviation was making sure every single bit was historically instead of Boy Scouts, he joined the Civil Air Patrol
St. Louis. Stand there for just a minute buff, he knew the perfect person for the job. He accurate. Cadets. He went into the field of aviation radar with
or two and you’ll notice how, with called his friend Dave Hable, a resident of Oshkosh. the U.S. Navy during World War II. In the 1950s he
the airplane angled slightly down While it needed a lot of TLC, the restoration was began building smaller, plastic model airplanes, and
to face its viewers, the flow of air The project was a treat for Hable, who has also had typical of other model airplanes Hable has restored, he tested and reviewed numerous such kits that he
moves it ever so slightly, as if it’s a lifelong passion for aviation. he said. wrote about for a national magazine.
in flight. “I jumped at the chance to restore it,” he said. To mount the model in the Creekview Café took Funcke later turned to a career as a surgeon. His
The model is made of balsa “I couldn’t let it pass by.” a mechanical lift and three men to manage the model airplane collection grew into the hundreds
wood and plywood, has wingspan. Everyone was surprised at what a and, a few years ago, he gave his collection to Hable.
Hable began the restoration in January 2019 and difference the restoration made.
an 80-inch wingspan was finished with it by April. The model, which he They’ve been friends ever since.
and weighs 12 pounds. said was originally built from a kit and flew in its “(Hable) resurrected it,” Funcke said with pride.
While antique, it looks Hable, President of the Winnebago R/C Flyers Club,
heyday, was pretty ratty, tattered and shattered has also been passionate about aviation since his
brand new - but it when he started. Displayed again in all its glory, the small-scale
didn’t always look replica of the plane that completed the first childhood. One of his first model airplanes was a
that way. There were many broken pieces he put back trans-Atlantic flight in 1927 stands as a testament toy version of the Spirit of St. Louis that he pulled
together. Hable to the incredible feat of Charles Lindbergh. out of a cereal box. He’s built model airplanes all
installed a new of his life and still flies them on Sundays at Carl
skin covering Back then, Funcke said, America was vibrating Traeger Middle School. Hable once went on a flight
all over the plane with excitement over the “Lindy Hop” as parades in a replica plane of the Spirit of St. Louis - and even
along with paint touch celebrated the victory. That’s when Funcke was took control of the joystick.
ups, new born - as was his
love of aviation. That Hable and Funcke each
have personal connections
to Lindbergh and the Spirit
of St. Louis is clear, and it
adds a special significance to
the restoration. They rattle
off facts about the plane,
the flight and Lindbergh as
easily as if it happened just
the other week.
They’re happy to see the
model hanging in the
Creekview Café - a piece of
history that’s been saved.
“I couldn’t let it pass by.”
~Dave Hable
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All aboard!
Evergreen Space Updates
“A hobby a day keeps
the doldrums away.”
~ Phyllis McGinley
Even though we
do not have a major
construction project
going on doesn’t mean
that we are not looking
for ways to improve our
existing spaces. This is true
with four areas that we have
either redesigned for a new
purpose, given a face lift, or
re-organized for better function.
Visit these spaces to see what’s
exciting and new for you:
• Hobby Room
• Ageless Art Center
• Sewing Room
• Lester Bentin Wood Shop
There’s something for everyone.
Join us! Let’s have some fun!
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Resident Profile: “A new life is starting here. There’s so much to share and enjoy.”
~ Evergreen resident June Chionchio
June Chionchio
Next to her chair in Recently used pastels lay on a desktop in her
art studio while cups of colored pencils and
As an editor of Eye on Evergreen,
which she helped create and also
June Chionchio’s living paintbrushes stand ready on the right. writes for, Chionchio produces
a newsletter of health tips,
room, a cup of pens Chionchio, a resident of Evergreen for six years,
has dabbled in every style of art, including 20 poetry, upcoming events, essays,
lighthearted humor and information
await the writer’s years of work with watercolors. She appreciates
all kinds of media, and her favorite subjects are for residents. Writing is one way she
next thought. florals and landscapes. Her passion is evident from
the artworks that decorate her apartment: among
expresses herself, and she enjoys
keeping other residents informed
them are florals by Joye Moon; crashing and entertained.
waves in Maine; a cardinal painted by a “That’s part of writing,” she said.
friend; and pink watercolor roses by her “Feeling like you’re making a
own hand. difference.”
Her husband Matthew passed away five Chionchio joined the Art Committee
years ago. He was an engineer and his job soon after moving to Evergreen
brought them to live in various places like and later became the chairwoman.
Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Ohio, where The small committee acquires,
she’s originally from. They eventually identifies, catalogues and hangs the
settled in Berlin, Wisconsin, and there art collection displayed throughout
she owned a store called the Art and Evergreen. The collection has grown
Brass Works. significantly in the last few years,
Chionchio’s creative passions started she said, and the project keeps her June Chionchio displays her beautiful paintings
young. While growing up, her mother and the committee very busy. as part of Evergreen’s collection.
enrolled her in all kinds of art classes that She stays creative in her free time
she took on Saturdays. She later majored and even has paintings of her community and friends to share interests with—
in English in college, and worked in own displayed as part of Evergreen’s collection, all of which are important, she said. She embodies
advertising, graphic arts and photography. including two oil paintings near the library and a the idea of making life as large as possible, and has
She continued to create between raising watercolor in the lounge. written about the topic for Eye on Evergreen, too.
three children, Dan, Amy and John. Groups like her monthly writing class, the “A new life is starting here,” Chionchio said. “There’s
Evergreen resident June Chionchio makes art at home Art Committee and Eye on Evergreen offer a so much to share and enjoy.”
in her creative space.
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Evergreen Retirement Community, Inc. Board of Directors Evergreen Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Evergreen Village, Inc. Board of Directors Evergreen Staff Support
Jim Chitwood John Hintze Barbara Rau, Rick Picard, Chair Wayne Oehler Sandi Challoner Ron Harrell, Vice-Chair Ken Arneson, President/CEO
Gini Davis Fred Lilly Vice-Chair Mary Hansen, Vice-Chair Kathleen Propp Steve Cummings Betty Paterson Peggy Bellin, VP Health and Support Services
Steve Dunn Sandy Muinde Luella Remmel Patti Andresen-Shew Pam Ruder Anna Filipova, Chair Theresa Brockman, VP Marketing and Business Development
Vernice Haase, Dr. John Newman Tony Renning Ginna Nelson Thomas Wintheiser John Krueger, VP Finance and Information Services
Chair Rick Picard John Schatz Founders Howard and Ruth Rowland Erin Sanders, VP Human Resources
Mike Grey Tom Ramsey Ann Tulip Green Leaves Editor Erin Seiser Carol C. Staszkiewicz, VP Foundation Advancement
Elizabeth Hartman Cathy Weigand Green Leaves Designer Gretchen Herrmann
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1130 North Westfield Street • Oshkosh, WI 54902
Phone (920) 233-2340 • Fax (920) 237-2109
www.EvergreenOshkosh.com
Highlights ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Spirit of St. Louis
pages 2-3
Updated Spaces
pages 4-5
Resident Profile
page 6-7
Foundation Giving
page 8
Ask the Experts!
To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. ~St. Teresa of Calcutta
compassion kind & gentle
the work of our hands
Our Evergreen Foundation theme Room, the Ageless Art Center and impact the living options, services
this year is close to all our hearts. Lapidary renovations, the cost of or programs you have identified.
It’s what we all depend on here at transportation, and life enrichment Recently-funded restricted gifts
Evergreen just as we depend on activities across the campus. supported Creekview North,
the GIVING we receive. When you gift the benevolent Creekview Rehab, the Neta Library,
For whatever purposes you fund, you help provide care for ShareHaven, the Worship and
choose, your GIVING always residents whose blessings of Performing Arts Center, culinary
makes a difference in the lives of longevity have exceeded their services, grounds, life enrichment
our residents, your loved ones. financial resources. When you gift entertainment, and spiritual life.
When you make an unrestricted the endowment fund, you help Thank you for GIVING in all
gift, you help with most needed grow the Foundation’s assets. these ways that touch the hearts
projects. Most recently these When you restrict your gift for of our residents every day and
projects included the Hobby reasons that touch your heart, you always.
For more information, contact Vice President Foundation Advancement Carol C. Staszkiewicz at 920-237-2120.
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