Farewell

There was hardly a dry eye at the Doctor’s Hospital Day Care Center on Friday as hospital employees, their children, day-care employees and others gathered for a goodbye party.
The day care, which has been in operation since the 1960s, is closing May 4.
Mary Caldarera was at the celebration. Her son, Bill Davidson, was the first child to attend the day care. Bill is 40 years old now.
Jennifer Clark was there with her 2 ½-year-old daughter Katelyn, who attends the center. Jennifer’s mother, Dawn Mrozek, was a hospital employee and Jennifer went to the day care.
Crystal James, who has worked at the hospital for 14 years, was there with her daughter Nenah, who has been going to the day care since she was 6 months old.
And the one thing everybody had to say about the day care is that it was like one big family. And it certainly will be missed.
Before the event ended, there already were plans in the making for a reunion next year.
Read more about the day care and what it means to so many people in my column Wednesday.