Jan Smith has retired after 31 years of a stellar career at the Medical Practice in Urbenville.
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Jan started in September 1989 when Dr Hugh Lee asked her to be his medical reception/practice manager, which she went on to do for 20 years. From 2008 she worked with Dr Carolyn May and Dr Phillip Chalmers, seeing many changes including the building of the new High Country Medical Practice at Urbenville in 2011.
"I have loved every day of working at the Urbenville Medical Practices and with the Doctors," Jan said.
"I have loved the opportunity of working with fellow employees and enjoy their enriching friendship.
"It is with sadness that this amazing journey has come to an end. The time is right, I have always given my best, I am ready.
"I am blessed to have a wonderful husband, four amazing children and their spouses, and 11 grandchildren and also my Mum is a sprightly 92. I want to spend quality time with them all.
"I have no regrets, only gratitude. Thank you so very much for the journey."
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Dr Hugh Lee and Barbara, his wife, said Jan was committed, consistent and capable in her work as secretary at the Urbenville surgery over a period of more than 20 years.
"She was stable and reliable and I would commend her highly in that capacity," Dr Lee said.
"The years rolled by quite effortlessly. Thank you, Jan, and many blessings to you and your family.
"Congratulations Jan, and many thanks for your service to our communities and enjoy a happy retirement."
Dr Chalmers wrote that without a shadow of doubt, if it had not been for Jan they would never have been able to move to this lovely area.
"She welcomed us to the town and showed us the surgery, fed us and made arrangements for us to rent a farm a very short distance from the hospital. All we had to do was come.
"She and Jim have guided us through transition from city suburban house to so many things of country life they are too numerous to mention and quite outside anything we expected.
"It is hard to imagine that a new medical centre providing a great range of services acknowledged to be to the highest standard of accreditation could have eventuated without the tireless and excellent work she performed above and beyond the call of duty.
The whole community owes an enormous debt of gratitude to her and this should never be forgotten."
