Question: How did you meet your wife?
Answer: “I met my wife Marian on a blind date when I was home visiting from the Army. We went to a wedding where we knew no one. We ended up dancing all night. After the reception, we got a ride with someone who had too much to drink, but we didn’t know that at the time. He got pulled over and taken to the police station, so we had to go to the police station, too. Fortunately, Marian only lived thre blocks away, so I walked her home.”
“And then I had to return to duty in the Army, but after I was discharged, I thought of Marian, so I looked up her number in the phone book and gave her a call. I said ‘Do you remember me?’ and she said she couldn’t forget the trip to the police station! And the rest is history. We were married and had six children, fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.”
“Because of our health issues, we moved to Friendship Village, which was a real blessing. Marian died at age 88 in the Care Center surrounded by her family. I thank god every day for the 67 years of marriage to my loving wife Marian.” – Ken Lemp, resident Friendship Village Sunset Hills
The above photo and text are part of a project we call We Are Friendship Village. We are posting these photos and brief interviews to our website’s blog section every day as we talk with residents at Friendship Village Chesterfield and Friendship Village Sunset Hills. The idea is to give a short introduction to the residents who make up our wonderful senior living communities and give you a peek at something you might not know about them!
When we’ve completed at least 365 interviews, we will publish A BOOK featuring all the great residents who participated. AND PARTICIPANTS get A FREE COPY OF THE BOOK! During this time, we will also be sharing these photos and stories on Facebook and other social media such as Instagram, so look for them and please follow the hashtag #WeAreFriendshipVillage to stay current with the project!
We think it’s a great chance to share a bit about who we are! Residents’ participation takes about ten minutes, so it won’t take much time to be a part of it and we think everyone will enjoy getting to know their neighbors and friends a little bit better!
If interested in participating (or know someone else who might be), feel free to give us a call at (314) 270-7837 or email at nagysteve@fvstl.com or drop by the marketing suites in Sunset Hills or Chesterfield. We have 365 of these to do over the course of the year or so, so everyone is welcome!
We look forward to seeing you as we get to share insights about the senior living residents who are making our Friendship Village retirement communities so great!
Thanks again!