Denzil Leon (Mike) Claypool recently came to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. The following information was shared by his family. Mike was born on April 9, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas, to his parents, Denzil and June Claypool. Like many families during the depression and WWII era, the family moved many times, […]
John (Jack) Graham has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Jack was born in Memphis, TN, the first of four children of John Mark Graham Sr. and Eleanor Ball Evans. He was followed by Betty, Robert and Jayne. In his youth, music and playing the trombone were favorite interests. He […]
Amos Franklin Thompson (known to some as “Famous Amos”) has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Amos was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the third of three children to Franklin B. and Jennie K. Thompson. He was raised in Cedar Rapids where he attending Wilson High School. As a youth his favorite activities […]
William “Bill” Yamaka has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Bill was born in Berkeley, CA, the fourth of five sons of Reverend Yuzuru and Teruko Yamaka. He was reared in Los Angeles. As a youth Bill enjoyed gymnastics, baseball and basketball. Bill attended Los Angeles Jr. College for two years, […]
James “Jim” Misturu Nakao has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Jim was born in Inglewood, CA. The fourth of five children of Seki and Jintaro Nakao, he was reared in Hawthorne, CA. Jim worked as a farmer, specifically growing flowers, with his work life being at the flower market […]
Jack Moore Tomlin has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Jack was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia, the eighth child of William George Tomlin and Leila Moore Tomlin. He was raised in Long Beach, California, where he attended Long Beach Polytechnic. As a youth he worked in a drugstore, having to […]
Ronald Kelley has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Ron, also known as Papa Bear and Poppy, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. The second child born to Audrey and Bonnie Kelley, Ron was raised on a farm in Forsyth, Missouri. Growing up Ron loved working on the farm with his brother […]
Charles “Terry” Taylor has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Terry was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, but was raised in Torrance, California. There he attended Torrance High School, and later El Camino College. Even from his youth he has liked the outdoors and activities such as hunting and fishing. He’s […]
John William Wilson Jr. (also known as Bill) has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. John was born in Perry, Iowa, the first born of Moizetta and John Wilson. He was raised in Spencer, Iowa and attended Sheldon High School in Sheldon, Iowa. During his youth he was interested in […]
Don Lewis Freeman has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Don was born in 1931 to Cecil and Marjorie Freeman, the youngest of their three children, in Long Beach, California, where he also grew up. He attended Polytechnic High School there, beginning his lifelong enjoyment of music by participating in […]