Piner Company History
In 1945, following the end of World War
II, a young couple left the employ of Mare Island Naval Shipyard and decided to
go into business for themselves. Fern Piner, who had experience as a nurse's aid
in her aunt's nursing home in Napa, and her husband Wendell Piner accepted residents
in their home thus forming what would become
Piner's Guest Home.
To expand their business, Fern and Wendell Piner
purchased what was later to become
Napa Ambulance Service Inc.,
from the same aunt for whom Fern Piner had worked as a nurse's aide. This was followed
by the start of an
oxygen service
and several other businesses.
1964 marked a major change in the complexion
of Piner's, when the skilled nursing facility was built closely followed by a new
building for
Piner's Guest Home.
Because of the untimely death of Wendell Piner a few weeks before the scheduled
opening of the
Nursing Home,
Fern Piner was thrust into the management of the entire operation, where she remained
until the business was sold to her son, Gary Piner, in 1985.
Piner's is a family business, and
we want our staff to feel like family. As part of the family, it is expected that
our staff will support the family values and the continued efforts to provide
services that not only will be profitable but be truly outstanding. More than just
a job, a workplace where we can all be proud. Proud of the services we provide
and of the great number of satisfied customers that Piner's enjoys.
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