Recently we welcomed our 100th resident and family. The following “fast facts” don’t get near telling you about the individual men and women and families we’ve been privileged to serve. But they can give an overall sense of our work. Age Youngest resident = age 48 Oldest = age 97 Average age when admitted = 78 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Robert (Bob) Charles Simonsen has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Bob was born in Long Beach, CA, the youngest of three children of Charles and Joan Simonsen (who had emigrated from England). He grew up in Long Beach. Bob served in the U.S. Air Force, and was based at Griffiss Air Force Base […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
John Joseph Ramos has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Born in Manhattan (New York City), John was raised in Peekskill, New York, at the St. Joseph’s Home for Children. At age 16, John set off on his own to meet the world. He worked construction and as a waiter, and […]
Eleanor “Ellie” May Gee-Downs has come to live with us at Caring House. We’re honored. Born and raised in Maine, Ellie has criss-crossed the U.S. She joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating from Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, NH. Her service locations included Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming and March Air Force Base in California. […]