November 13, 2020
Question: What was your favorite job and why? Answer: Women experienced discrimination in the newspaper business in the early 1960s – even those with journalism degrees. Because of my sex, I was placed in the Women’s Department of a Norfolk, VA newspaper. After “proving myself” for a year, I was given the token position for a female in the newsroom – the education and medical beat. Along with my male counterparts, we typed our articles on manual typewriters and sent the copy in pneumatic tubes to the composing room. The […]
November 13, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, November 13th, 2020 UPDATE and VISITOR POLICY Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: As with our local county and state and, in fact, the entire country, the prevalence of COVID-19 is on the rise, including at Friendship Villages. Friendship Village in Chesterfield appears to be holding its own against the coronavirus at this time as there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus in any level of care, and we are thankful that this is […]
November 12, 2020
Question: Why did you travel to Colorado so often and what did you enjoy about it? Answer: My wife had an excellent position where she traveled a lot and I got to travel with her, so it was her work and my vacation. It was usually Pueblo in Colorado, which was her place of operation, so we would always travel within one to two hundred miles of there. She would have to visit clientele, so I’d rent the cheapest car I could find and take off. I went to the […]
November 11, 2020
Question: When you were younger, what was something you really wanted to do? Answer: I always wanted to act and be in plays. Fortunately, my husband received a job offer in Omaha and I found the wonderful Omaha Community Playhouse. I received a part in the first play I tried out for. When asked what play I most enjoyed, I would say, probably playing Portia in “Julius Caesar.” In live theater, no two nights are quite the same. In one instance, I was on stage alone and the character who […]
November 10, 2020
Question: What has been a big part of your life in the past? Answer: “Travel has been a big part of my life and we didn’t really figure out we liked to travel until my husband Bill’s time in the service out in California. When the time came for him to be relieved of the service we had to decide if we wanted to go home or travel for our vacation time. I love travel because you get to see how the rest of the world lives. I find it […]
November 10, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: The start of colder weather is on our doorstep as November rolls along here at Friendship Villages on this Tuesday, November 10th, 2020. At the outset, we will note that the well-known surge of COVID-19 throughout the communities around us has caused some effects within our campuses but, praise God, to a lesser extent than the community at large and our residents and staff continue to team-up […]
November 6, 2020
Question: What is something that’s been important in your life? Answer: “Once thing has been the way I grew up. When I was born, my father was in the U.S. Air Force, so throughout my life, we traveled, and every two years we moved. So, we lived in twelve different homes growing up and I went to eight different schools (three different high schools). My life was pretty different in that sense. But travelling has been part of my life forever. So, I traveled a lot with my family growing […]
November 6, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, November 6th, 2020
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, November 6th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: We’re approaching the end of a week of beautiful weather at Friendship Villages on this Friday, November 6th, 2020. Just a few updates on the COVID-19 situation at Friendship Villages today. On the Sunset Hills campus, there are no new cases of COVID-19 among the residents. The one resident reported previously is still residing in the hospital under care for a few conditions in addition to COVID-19 […]
November 5, 2020
Question: “What is a subject you care about and why?” Answer: “I care about history. It’s important because it’s where we all come from. It wasn’t as important to me when I was younger, but I’ve grown to be very interested in it. My favorite history area is World War 2, and recently I’ve been reading “Races of Aces” by John Bruning. It’s interesting and very informative. It talks about the Pacific theater and how the Japanese zero airplane wasn’t fast enough to keep up with the American’s mustang. When […]