A cut above: Family of volunteers spend decades providing hair care to nursing home residents

Laurie Welch
Feb 28, 2020
Feb 28, 2020
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Volunteer hairstylist Becky Webb chats with Eloise Martin while doing her hair Feb. 24 at the Parke View Care and Rehabilitation Center in Burley.

DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS

Old newspaper articles hang in the beauty salon Feb. 24 at the Parke View Care and Rehabilitation Center in Burley.

DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS

Sharon Crossmen is pleased with having her hair done by volunteer stylist Bonnie Jones on Feb. 24 at the Parke View Care and Rehabilitation Center in Burley.

DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS

Sharon Crossmen has her hair styled by Bonnie Jones on Feb. 24 at the Parke View Care and Rehabilitation Center in Burley.

DREW NASH, TIMES-NEWS

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Laurie Welch

BURLEY — A Mini-Cassia family has carefully coiffed the hair of nursing home residents while enriching them with lively conversation and heartfelt physical touch since the 1960s.

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