Paula Gazzola It was a time to celebrate, rejoice, and cheer the life of Lou Bob Miller at Sun Lakes Country Club in October. Bob’s family had planned this 90th birthday surprise for a long time. His four children and spouses had worked diligently to orchestrate this wonderful surprise party with 60 guests. Attending were…
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Features, November 2018
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Maretta Wood More than 40 friends and relatives honored Maretta Wood on September 2 for her 93rd birthday. Here she is shown with a specially-decorated birthday cake prepared for the occasion. Photo by Diana Boyd
Features, October 2018
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Meet 100 year old Josephine Williams – not your typical centenarian lady Molly Bergesen Jo Williams Saucerman will turn 100 on October 7, 2018. No small feat — but you wouldn’t expect anything less from this lively lady. Here is a little background on this much-loved lady. Jo and her husband Bill moved to Sun…
Features, January 2018
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Celebrating 100 years December 7, 1917 Candace Gatti Maxine Schepker celebrated her 100th birthday on December 7. She was born on December 7, 1917, and has lived in Sun Lakes for 34 years. Thirty-two of those years were with her husband La Verne who passed away in 2015. They were married for 74 years. Maxine…
Features, October 2017
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Eleanor Patton celebrates 100th Birthday – October 25 Tom Patton Eleanor Patton, a Sun Lakes resident from 1976 to 2016, will turn 100 years old on October 25, 2017. Born and raised in Utica, New York, she attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and married Dale W. Patton in August of 1940. Eleanor and Dale…
Features, July 2017
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Marge Rasmussen celebrates her 90th birthday Marge Rasmussen celebrated her 90th birthday joined by 70 friends and members of her family. The gathering was held at the Sun Lakes United Methodist Church on Thursday, June 1. She was born Marjorie Yvonne Snyder in Page, Nebraska, on May 28, 1927. She and her husband Bud moved…
Features, January 2017
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What are the odds? Six women in Oakwood Unit 38 share a December 18th birthday! Pictured left to right are Tillie Fortner, Dianna Milkint, Anne Reynolds, Della Stagner and Mary Beth Woods. Missing from the photo is Nancy Pinsonneault.
Features, October 2016
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Friends celebrate Maretta Wood’s 91st birthday Fifteen Sun Lakes residents turned out to celebrate Maretta Wood’s 91st birthday at a gathering at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in September. Maretta is seated far left in the photo above. Those attending were standing: (left to right) Linda, Larz, Wendy, Tom, Dan, Dorothy, Ted and Marie; seated (left to…
Features, August 2016
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Bernice Kantrowitz It was four days before my birthday and as I walked to the Tuesday meeting of the Writer’s Group, I was feeling depressed. I kept telling myself that it was too hot for an almost 93 year old lady to be out. In addition, the sadness of my daughter Susan’s recent death doesn’t…
Generals, December 2015
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Marcia Wagoner It was a hot August evening in Sun Lakes. Do we have anyone visiting then? Never. I’m usually in my pajamas quite early, so when I looked out when the doorbell rang, I saw my son, who lives in Phoenix, with a big smile on his face. Nothing too wrong, then. I opened…