My City Wellness Winter 2022

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When eo Everett of Flushing completed nurse training at Hurley Medical Center in 1955, she began a long career of nursing and helping others. Now, there are four generations of nurses in the family who all

“I come from a family of 11,” she shares, “and for as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a nurse.” Back then, the closest school was in Flint and the tuition for three years was $500. “My parents somehow scraped the money together.” A er graduating, Everett started working in pediatrics at Hurley Medical Center. She also worked in pediatrics at the

live in Flushing – Everett’s daughter Teresa McComb and McComb’s daughter, Melissa Sparks. Inspired by her mom, grandmother and great grandmother, Melissa’s daughter Isabelle Sparks has followed on the same path, now studying to become a nurse. Everett grew up inWilliamsburg, MI, a small town near Traverse City.

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