Fort Scott Presbyterian Village
Assignment form makes wishes clear DECEMBER 2021
‘Rona Rooster’ is a pandemic masterpiece Over the years, Helen Nuzum reckons she’s crafted hundreds of quilts. “I sew all the time,” she said. “It’s very rare that I don’t sew every day since I was about seven or eight years old. I’m 83 now.”
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it’s a great time to check one more thing off your list — make sure your wishes are respected and your family is protected by completing our Assignment of Amounts Due Resident Form (or reviewing your current Assignment form to make sure it is still correct). If you pass away while a resident of a PMMA® Community, this form will permit you to assign all refunds due to you to the persons specified in your form. Completing the Assignment form is simple, and if you pass away while a resident of the Community, it can save your family significant time, money and frustration when receiving a refund of any amounts due to you from your PMMA Community. In other words, it can simplify the refund process and avoid the time and cost of estate administration.
Helen said she learned to sew from her mother, but it didn’t take long for the student to become the master. “I passed her up when I was about Helen’s Rona Rooster kept her busy during the pan13,” Helen said. “I demic when she wasn’t able to get out. The piece was used to put the inspired by a picture of a rooster she found while going zippers in for her through her patterns. when I was a kid. It’s something I’ve always loved to do.” When she had children of her own, the sewing tradition grew. “I used to sew garments when my children were small,” Helen said. “I Nuzum – continued on page 3
This form works like a “beneficiary designation” in that it is effective upon your passing and permits you to designate who will receive all amounts due to you from your PMMA Community (for example, any refunds of your entrance fee deposit or monthly fees). Your Assignment form is revocable and can be changed at any time, so you Assignment form – continued on page 4
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Nuzum – continued from page 1 made all their clothes. I don’t make garments anymore, but I make a lot of quilts, table runners, wall hangings. I also knit, crochet, embroider, just about any kind of needlework.” This past year, she decided to spend her time during the COVID-19 pandemic crafting a rooster pattern quilt she titled “Rona Rooster.” It earned a Masterpiece award in the Art is Ageless® competition. “I was going through old patterns, and I saw this drawing of a rooster,” Helen said. “I like doing roosters because they have so many colors. I just like bright colors. I made it with scrap.” This isn’t her first time in the Art Is Ageless contest. In fact, she enters just about every year. “I have a good friend who’s a resident, and she asked me to enter,” Helen said. “Not sure what year it was, but I did it, and I’ve done it each year since.”
Helen Nuzum and her husband, Gene.
North Carolina, and she knows an organization that gives them to mothers. Some of them don’t even have a blanket to take home with the baby.” Helen and her husband Gene, to whom she’s been married 66 years, live out in the country, about a mile
from Arma. Aside from quilting, Helen said she and Gene love to travel. “We’ve been to all 50 states,” Helen said. “My favorite was Alaska. We’ve had some wonderful trips, and we have driven through them. Not just landing in the airport.” u
She has gifted quilts to a number of people, including her three daughters and her four grandchildren. She also makes quilts to donate to underprivileged mothers with newborn babies. “I make baby quilts and donate them,” Helen said. “I got about 10 quilts ready to donate. I make them from scraps of fabric, and I have a hard time throwing anything away. I have a daughter who lives in Fort Scott Presbyterian Village | A PMMA COMMUNITY
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are not locked if your circumstances change. Your beneficiaries may include individuals, charities, or others (including a will or trust so that your refund passes pursuant to your estate plan). You may designate the portion of your refund payable to each of them. Some things to think about: • Who should receive my refund — certain named individuals, charities, or my will or trust? • If I have more than one beneficiary, should they receive
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equal shares of my refund or should I designate different amounts/percentages among them? • Do I want to designate a successor beneficiary to receive the amount originally allocated to a beneficiary who predeceases me? Absent a valid Assignment form, the payment of your refund may be delayed until an estate is opened or other legal proceedings are completed designating who is legally entitled to request the refund and receive payment. Unfortunately, that happens all-to-
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frequently and we want to help our residents and their families avoid that unpleasant (and sometimes expensive and time consuming) experience. This is just a summary of how this important document works. We’ll be glad to provide you with the Assignment form to review and complete, and of course we encourage you to get any input you may desire from your family or other advisors. To obtain an Assignment form or talk with someone about an Assignment form, please contact the Marketing Director or Accounting Assistant at your community. u