Ruth Sears Hiersemann has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Ruth was born in Elburn, Illinois, the eldest of three children of Kenneth and Lucy Sears. She attended public schools in Elburn, and graduated from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa and obtained her Master’s Degree at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. […]
Pamela (Pam) Hyun Sook Kim has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Pamela was born in Seoul, Korea, one of five children. Pam was raised and schooled in Korea, emigrating to the U.S. at the age of 30. She had met Phillip, her husband-to-be, in Korea, and they married not long […]
Alex Mitchell has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Alex was born in Butte, Montana, the second of four children of Andrew and Catina Drakakis Mitchell. Both of his parents were born in Greece and met for the first time when living in Butte. His father worked as section gang foreman […]
Helen Ruth Brisco Cuccia has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Ruth was born in Roswell, NM, the youngest of five children of Nolan and Nancy Brisco. Nolan was a Baptist minister and Nancy a beautician and artist. Her parents and her three sisters and brother were wonderful musicians who loved […]
Walter (Walt) Montgomery has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. A man with many other nicknames (including Butch, Daddy, Pops, Papa, Uncle Walt, Tee, Son of Abraham, EF Hutton), Walt was born in Duson, Louisiana. The fourth of 16 children, Walt started working in the cotton fields with his siblings at […]
Delores (Dee) Grinton Hardison has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Dee was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington, the oldest daughter of nine children of Walter James Grinton and June Lenora Arntzen. Dee was fortunate as young woman to be able attend Western Washington University, in order to pursue teaching. […]
Laurel “Lala” M. Contreras has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Laurel, the daughter of George and Gloria Coakley, was born in Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles. She grew up in Gardena and graduated from Gardena High School. She loves her “Lala” nickname, that came about once she was a mother […]
Tommy “Tako” Wataru Shimizu has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Tommy was born in Kapoho, on the island of Hawai’i, the sixth of eight children of Ichisuke and Miki Shimizu. Ichisuke and Miki had emigrated to Hawaii from Japan. His hometown, Kapoho, was a very tranquil farming town on the […]
Hugh “Scotty” Doyle has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Hugh was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the youngest of five children of Hugh Doyle and Ellen Donnachie Doyle. Hugh and his siblings became orphans just before Hugh reached age ten. His father was in the merchant marine and was killed when […]
Carolyn Marie Joergensen Zimmerman has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Carolyn was born in Oakland, CA, the only child of Elmer and Bertha Swanson Joergensen. When she was nine months old her father died, and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. Carolyn attended San Jose State University and became a lab […]