Lake Wale’s Medical Center’s 1st male nurse’s aide retires
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Gene Isom, retiring from Lake Wales Medical Center after 44 years of service, gets a pat on the back from long time colleague and friend, Ivadene Howell.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Marty Isom holds a long "honey-do" list, which she read quite willingly to those who filled the cafeteria last week for her husband's retirement party at Lake Wales Medical Center.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Bethany Jean and daughter, Mya, watch the festivities. Bethany is Gene and Marty Isom's daughter, and Mya is their granddaughter.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
Gene Isom retired last week after 44 years of service at Lake Wales Medical Center in transport services. He was the hospital's first male nurse's aide in the 1960s.
Forty-four years is a long time, and as Gene Isom said to his co-workers at Lake Wales Medical Center, “I’m going to miss all of you guys.”
Tears, smiles and hugs were plentiful as the hospital threw a retirement party for Isom in the hospital cafeteria.
