Our Florida Senior Living Residents of the Month

I grew up the second of 6 kids in a close-knit family, in a small town in the central part of Illinois.

I’ve always loved doing research on family history and I wrote and published the family history book on my Dad’s relatives. Don and I then took a trip to Switzerland to meet some of the family.

Don and I started dating in High School when he asked me to the homecoming dance. He was a Senior and I was a sophomore. After Don graduated from Illinois State University we got married and had a nice wedding on June 19th, 1960, in a church in our hometown.

In 1975 I had breast cancer. While I was still a patient in the hospital American Cancer Society came and asked me if I could be a volunteer. I did various jobs for them and soon they asked me to be in charge of their workshops, to be held quarterly, for new breast cancer patients in Oakland County MI where I lived. The purpose of the workshop was to give new patients additional information and support in solving cosmetic problems after surgery and to help them continue feeling beautiful even after surgery. After 12 years American Cancer presented my co-worker and I with distinguished volunteer awards in recognitions for our contribution to reach to recovery programs recover plus workshop.
I love to bake and collect recipes. My family requests that I put together a cookbook and soon I will get started on that!
Other things I love to and used to do:
I love to go to gospel music concerts and Michigan state football games, especially love cruising. We took 18 cruises. I used to bowl in a league and had high game with a 244! I used to play golf and had a hole in one!