Board of Directors of the Jellison Benevolent Society, Inc. has presented a check to Aging Well, Inc. in support of their proposed senior living campus project. Donated funds are to be used to construct assisted living and small homes providing skilled nursing on the West side of Junction City.
Arthur Dale Jellison was born in 1876 in Wilson, KS, the son of Asa Adams Jellison and Catherine Ann Stahl Jellison. He graduated from the Kansas Wesleyan Business College in Salina before beginning his banking career as a bookkeeper in the Wilson State Bank. Jellison advanced through various positions before becoming President there in 1908. He later served as the President of the Bank of Holyrood.
In 1914 Jellison bought a controlling interest in Central National Bank from the Sumner Pierce Estate and joined the Central National Bank team and board in Junction City, KS. His wife, Maude Sarah Gifford Jellison, joined him there and they eventually raised twin daughters in the community, Dale Jellison (Weary) and Dorothy Jellison (Cassity).
“We have kept a few newspaper clippings over the years which reinforce the generosity of the Jellison family but also their humility,” said Michael Munson, Central National Bank’s Legal Counsel and board member of the A.D. Jellison Foundation. One such 1965 Junction City Union article shared that when asked to comment on his 50-year banking career, Jellison stated that he would prefer that the event would pass without public notice. The article quoted Jellison as saying, “It would be alright if some of my banking associates might want to say something about it, briefly.”
The Aging Well project has been generously supported by many local businesses, Foundations and private donors, but the board still has some fundraising left to do, Duane Blythe shared, “We are grateful for everyone who has donated to the project, including the Jellison Family Foundation. Recent donations have been impactful and have made us hopeful we can reach our fundraising goal in the near future.