Mayer Funeral Home is sponsoring a six-month series at the Mower County Senior Center called “Our Family Matters.”

People are invited to attend individual programs or all the programs. An overview of the six months are as follows:

May: Join us for 90 minutes of education, humor, answers to your questions and delicious pizza. We will start things off with a short program, “10 things you probably didn’t know about funerals and cremation” and then we’ll open things up to your questions for the remainder of the time together.

June: Planning guide workshop (an in depth look at your Thoughtful Decisions Planning Guide); also a feature on Advance Health Care Directives.

July: Focus groups with sessions available in the afternoon and early evening.

We are looking for your input on ways Mower County Senior Center and Mayer Funeral Home can better serve you. We have secured an outside consultant who will lead these focus groups so you can feel free to speak freely about anything on your mind.

August: A unique and special program centered around travel, with a presentation from a guest sharing about a recent trip. Also we will have information on a travel protection plan.

September: Everything you wanted to know about Body Donation to Science. Follow up with presentation and discussion regarding funeral options specifically related to donation.

October: A special speaker relating to grief and healing after a loved one has died.

These programs are all free to attend. We ask that you sign up ahead of time for planning purposes. To sign up please call Mayer Funeral Home at 507-433-1817 or stop by the senior center front desk or call 507-433-2370.

Don’t forget our coffee shop where every day you can have homemade soup for $1 and a sandwich for 50 cents. Tuesday we are having spaghetti hotdish for only $2.

 Upcoming Events

Monday: Blood pressure checks, 9 a.m.; Cards (Pinochle, Duplicate Bridge), 12:30 p.m.; Exercise with Evie’s Friends, 1 p.m.

Tuesday: Silver Sneakers, 8:30 a.m.; Exercise with Evies Friends, 9 a.m.; spaghetti hotdish, 11:30 a.m.; Cards (Pinochle, Duplicate Bridge), 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Wood Carvers, 8:30 a.m.; Weight Watchers, 12:15 p.m.; cards (Duplicate Bridge, Pinochle, Cribbage), 12:30 p.m.; Stitching Bees, 1 p.m.; open chess 1 p.m.;

Pizza and Preplanning, 4:30 p.m.; Weight Watchers, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday: Silver Sneakers, 8:30 a.m.; Exercise with Evies Friends, 9 a.m.; cards (Pinochle), 12:30 p.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.; open chess, 1 p.m.; Zumba/ZumbaToning, 5:45 p.m.; Zumba/ZumbaToning, 7 p.m.

Friday: Cards (Duplicate Bridge, Pinochle, Cribbage), 12:30 p.m.; Ping Pong, 3 p.m.

 Weekly Card Results

Monday Bridge

May 4, two tables

1st Arnie Lang, 2nd Anne Dvorak, 3rd Mary Johnsen,

4th Carolyne Higgins, 5th Quentin Fiala

Tuesday Duplicate Bridge

May 5, six tables

1st Loren Cleland, 1st Dave Ring; 2nd Arnie Lang,

2nd Bud Higgins; 3rd Jim Fisher, 3rd Larry Crowe; 4th Millie Seiver, 4th Joyce Crowe, 4th Rick Stroup, 4th John Liesen

Tuesday 500

May 5, four tables

1st Jerry Downing, 2nd Barb Dickman, 3rd Mary Freitag, 4th Paula Davies

Wednesday Cribbage

May 6, two tables

1st Hilton Henschen, 2nd Barb Dickman, 3rd Loretta Nelson

Friday Bridge

May 8, two tables

1st Mary Johnsen, 2nd Lois Johnson, 3rd Arnie Lang, 4th Dick Titus

5th Dave Solomonson

Pinochle

No Results

Friday 500

May 8, three tables

1st Mary Freitag, 2nd Gene Rauen, 3rd Lois Anderson, 4th Hilton Henschen

Friday Cribbage

No Results