'She's just that friend that they need': Sioux Falls woman volunteers 60 years at local nursing home


SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Gordy Lovell's one of the many residents that stops buy to visit with Jane Murray when she's working. She's been working the resident gift shop for 60 years now. And at the age of 90, she says it's one of the many things that keep her going.

"They want to talk and they want somebody that will listen," Murray said. "And, of course I'm the same way.

"Jane is a very important person to us, she's kind of family here. Again, she's been here for 60-plus years, and is just a staple at our facility. Everybody knows her and just loves her,” said Good Samaritan Society - Sioux Falls Village administrator Jason Hanssen.

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