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Elizabeth Nursing Home: 50 years strong

by Hillary Dickerson

hdickerson@galgazette.com

Posted 7/23/18

ELIZABETH–Just weeks after the Elizabeth Nursing Home opened in July 1968, Nancy Rife interviewed for the nighttime aide position. With four young children at home, she didn’t mention her plans to her husband, and when she was hired on the spot, she had some explaining to do.

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