Resident of the Month

Victoria was born in Bristol Connecticut. After High School, she went right into a 3 year RN Nurse Program, which included a lot of training at the Hartford Hospital. As a senior in the RN program, she had a choice of a specialty, and she picked communicable diseases. This was mostly with children, working with a lot of tuberculosis and polio patients. After Victoria graduated as an RN, she went to work as a nurse in a small hospital in upstate New York. She met her husband there and she worked there full time until her first child was born. Victoria did many other things in her life. She volunteered for 20 years at a local hospital. Worked part time selling fine China and crystal, even won a trip to Ireland for a Waterford contest. Victoria was very active with the “Women in Outdoor” group. She did archery, clay targets, hand gun shooting, fishing and much more. Victoria is also an amazing painter. You should see her birds she has painted on porcelain. In 1953, Don, Victoria’s husband went to NYC to try and advance his career in sales. It paid off and he got a job with a paper company in Washington DC. Twenty years later they decided to spend their weekends in the countryside. They found a place in Flintstone Maryland. The family had a great time hunting, fishing and enjoying the peaceful scenery. When Don retired after 50 years in the paper industry, the family moved permanently to Flintstone. They had a log home built on 53 acres, which overlooked a pond they had built. They lived there with their three children for 20 years. After 72 years of marriage, Don passed away and Victoria moved to Spring Hill were her daughter found the Goldton. Victoria, you have had an amazing life – we are so blessed to have you here at the Goldton.