Jerry Hilborn has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Jerry was born in Hollywood, CA, the eldest of three children of Frank and Elsie Hilborn. He grew up in the Los Angeles area and attended Washington High School. He attended El Camino Junior College and UCLA, and earned enough credits but did not graduate.(…)
Ronald Ray Fechter has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Ron was born in Hartley, Iowa, where he spent his early years living on a farm with his extended family. At age 8 or 9 he moved to San Diego with his mother and his older brother and sister. After high school in(…)
On Sunday, February 26, 2017, we gathered to publicly honor and remember twenty-two men and women. These men and women are the residents our staff and volunteers had the privilege to serve during our first year. A pioneer is someone who is among the first to explore something. And they not only explore, they show the way(…)
Arthur “Art” Ochoa has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Art was born in Durango, Mexico and at age two came with his family to Los Angeles. He’s the third of nine siblings born to Enrique and Maria Angela Ochoa, and family has always been a huge part of his life. Soon after arriving in Los Angeles(…)
Ruben Dario Leon has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Ruben was born and raised in Mexico City, one of the three children of Miguel and Sara Leon. His twin brother Miguel Angel died at age 2, from complications of dental work. His younger sister Leonora died in 2003. As a young(…)
Jose Bautista Urias has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Jose and his sister Martha are the two children of Jose and Martha Urias. He was born in Mexico and grew up in Compton, and has lived in Lakewood, Long Beach and Torrance, CA. He attended Compton High School. First receiving his Bachelors degree(…)
Wanda M. Layton Abati has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Wanda was born and raised in Wilmington, CA, living in a house built by her father and grandfather. She was the eldest of three siblings, and graduated from Phineas Banning High School in 1941. After graduating she started work at Fort(…)
Richard “Dick” West has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Dick was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to Helen and Wilfred West. A twin whose sibling died at birth, Dick grew up as an only child. When he was seven, his family moved to San Francisco, CA, where they remained until after he(…)
Join us for our first-ever Honor and Remember public gathering. We look forward to welcoming family members and friends of past Caring House residents, plus volunteers, donors, staff and the broader community.
Edwin “Gene” Okuma has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Gene was born in Lawai Stables #17 on Kauai, and is one of seven children born to Jira and Tsuru Okuma. His parents had immigrated to Kauai from Okinawa, Japan. Gene moved with his family to Oahu. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps(…)
