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 […]
William Norman (Norm) Quient has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Norm was born in Winfield, Kansas, the first child born to Ronald and Esther Quient. Nicknamed “Skippy” as a child, he spent his early childhood years in Winfield before the family moved to Downey, in Southern California. He attended […]
Alice Scott Salo has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Alice, a native Los Angelino, is the second child of Wendell Scott and Dolores Corrales Figuroa. In her youth Alice enjoyed drawing, sewing and just being creative. She attended Jefferson High School in Los Angeles. Louie Salo was a friend of […]
Rolf Korstvedt has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Rolf was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the second twin of Marcus and Dagny Korstvedt. He was raised in Port Chester, NY, where he attended Port Chester High School. Before attending college, Rolf enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He was assigned to […]
Earl Claude Barnard Sr. has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Earl was born in Danielson, Connecticut, the third son of Wendell Arthur Barnard and Florence Elizabeth Whitehead. The family subsequently moved to Manhattan Beach, CA, where he attended Redondo Beach High School. Earl’s education was interrupted when he joined […]
Robert (Bob) Harrison Lynn has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Bob was born in 1921 in Chicago to Fred and Gertie Lynn, the third of their six children. He was raised with 300 more children at the Illinois Masonic Orphans Home in LaGrange, Illinois — which his parents ran […]
Carl Henry has come to live with us at Caring House. We are honored. Carl (or Carlo and Pop, as he was also known) was born in Jeremie, Haiti, the sixth child of Christian and Laure Henry. He attended Les Frères du Sacré Coeur High School, and even at that time he was quite an all-rounder, […]
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 […]