Madison Elementary Dishwasher Still Working At Age 86
August 16, 2016 at 4:57 p.m.
Madison Elementary Dishwasher Still Working At Age 86
By Jennifer [email protected]
She has been a dishwasher at the school for the past 12 years after her husband, Robert, died from lung cancer.
“One of the girls could not come back so they asked me if I wanted the dishwashing job 12 years ago,” Albertson said.
Besides being a dishwasher, she also helps prepare food for students sometimes.
Albertson will turn 87 on Oct. 22.
Previous to working at the new Madison, she worked at the old Madison for 25 years as a cafeteria aide.
“At that time we had to take care of the meal tickets, count the milk, cleaned up spills and consoled crying children,” Albertson said.
All three of her children were students at the old Madison – Karen Sue, Michael and Robert. Robert was in the sixth grade when Evelyn worked at the old Madison.
“This job gives me a reason to get out of bed and come to school,” Albertson said.
She works as a dishwasher part-time at Madison Mondays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
She said she has enjoyed meeting the students, and seeing them grow up.
“I walk my dog in my neighborhood and it’s nothing for a child to come out and say, ‘I know you, you go to my school,’” Albertson said.
“I never know what will be served each day or how messy the pans will be,” she said.
She said she has loaded the dishwasher for as many as 400 trays.
When asked if she ever thought she would be still working at age 86, she said, “No, but I think that is what is keeping me on my feet.”
She said she counts her blessings that she is still able to work.
She said she has to climb steps to get up to her house and basement. She walks her Shih Tzu dog, Ernie, 12, for a half hour every morning before work to keep active.
Tom Kline, Madison principal, said he appreciates Alberton’s work.
“She has been a good employee since I have been here. She loves her work and the children and I wish I had more employees like her,” Kline said.
Haley Coffing, Madison food and nutrition services manager, said Albertson is a good worker.
“She normally does the dishwashing, but we are short staffed so she has been willing to help with food preparation,”?Coffing said. “I couldn’t do it without her. If I had to do my own dishes I don’t know what I would do. She does a fantastic job and I can always count on her.”
She has been a dishwasher at the school for the past 12 years after her husband, Robert, died from lung cancer.
“One of the girls could not come back so they asked me if I wanted the dishwashing job 12 years ago,” Albertson said.
Besides being a dishwasher, she also helps prepare food for students sometimes.
Albertson will turn 87 on Oct. 22.
Previous to working at the new Madison, she worked at the old Madison for 25 years as a cafeteria aide.
“At that time we had to take care of the meal tickets, count the milk, cleaned up spills and consoled crying children,” Albertson said.
All three of her children were students at the old Madison – Karen Sue, Michael and Robert. Robert was in the sixth grade when Evelyn worked at the old Madison.
“This job gives me a reason to get out of bed and come to school,” Albertson said.
She works as a dishwasher part-time at Madison Mondays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
She said she has enjoyed meeting the students, and seeing them grow up.
“I walk my dog in my neighborhood and it’s nothing for a child to come out and say, ‘I know you, you go to my school,’” Albertson said.
“I never know what will be served each day or how messy the pans will be,” she said.
She said she has loaded the dishwasher for as many as 400 trays.
When asked if she ever thought she would be still working at age 86, she said, “No, but I think that is what is keeping me on my feet.”
She said she counts her blessings that she is still able to work.
She said she has to climb steps to get up to her house and basement. She walks her Shih Tzu dog, Ernie, 12, for a half hour every morning before work to keep active.
Tom Kline, Madison principal, said he appreciates Alberton’s work.
“She has been a good employee since I have been here. She loves her work and the children and I wish I had more employees like her,” Kline said.
Haley Coffing, Madison food and nutrition services manager, said Albertson is a good worker.
“She normally does the dishwashing, but we are short staffed so she has been willing to help with food preparation,”?Coffing said. “I couldn’t do it without her. If I had to do my own dishes I don’t know what I would do. She does a fantastic job and I can always count on her.”
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