The Timbers, a senior living and assisted living community known for its varied in-home and community wide activities, celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct. 13. ‘Everyone here is like one big family.’
JOLIET, IL – “Be thankful you have food on your plate.” That was Tom Putman’s mantra, according to his daughter, Ellen Mytnik of Shorewood, whenever she didn’t like certain food at dinnertime. Occasionally, Tom also shared a memory from his own childhood, when he and his family had nothing to eat except bread and water. …
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JOLIET, IL – When Roger Bromley and his wife, Connie, packed up and moved from their home in Maroa into his mother’s Joliet house to become her caregivers, the responsibility was more than he anticipated. “Her doctor told me I needed to get help – not help with her, but help for me, because of …
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SHOREWOOD, IL – Sixty-eight years after preaching his first sermon, David Downey still is sharing the Gospel with anyone who will listen. Downey said he has preached in Joliet churches and on the shores of Lake Michigan – and everywhere in between. He went door to door to reach out to people in Joliet neighborhoods …
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Barbara Carson’s world is dark and silent, but she is anything but sad. The 86-year-old resident of the Timbers of Shorewood has been virtually deaf since birth and nearly blind since age 30, but she has some very special friends and relatives who help keep her world vibrant. One friend is furry and four-legged. Clancy …
Barb Carson of Shorewood, 86, can’t see and scarcely can hear. But she had no trouble walking around her apartment Monday at the Timbers of Shorewood, showing off samples of her paintings, which spanned decades. There was an oil of one of Carson’s dogs and an oil of her husband, David (deceased); watercolor landscapes, alleys …
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Ann O’Connor’s husband John was a World War II and a Korean War veteran, a man who faithfully served his country. During his final years, John’s country served him, O’Connor said, by providing a little-known veterans benefit called Aid and Attendance, under the Improved Pension Program (IPP) payable by the Department of Veteran Affairs, according …
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Louis Bank’s daughter recently bought Bank his first iPad, and boy, is Bank glad she did. The 98-year-old Shorewood man is enjoying songs by Benny Goodman, movies such as “Paint Your Wagon,” reading email updates from his grandchildren and showing off photos from the art show Bank recently hosted as a tribute to his late …
Being crowned queen at her “senior prom” was thrilling for Marie Smeets. But it was second to the excitement of whirling about the ballroom dance floor with a “super” boy. “He was a good little dancer,” Smeets, 85, of Shorewood said. “I didn’t get his name but he was awfully nice to an old lady.” …
At the June 11 Chamber Business After Hours held at Heartland Bank and Trust in Shorewood, the bank presented the 2013 Heart of our Community award to two recipients. This award was established to recognize local Shorewood residents who have stood out with their time and talent. Nominations were submitted by peers in the Shorewood …
