Category Archives: Residents

“What a great year! Each month I had the privilege of working with my calendar guys and dolls, yet time seems to fly by so fast. Age never seems to be an issue and seeing our models actively participating in this project gave me great joy! Their smiles and enthusiasm inspired and motivated me to […]

Barbara was born of German-American heritage. Her first teacher was a private teacher on the staff at the Hart School of Music, Hartford, Connecticut. She later graduated from the University of Louisville Conservatory of Music, Kentucky, with a BA in music. Later she moved to California and received a Master’s in Music from California State […]

Meet Townehouse resident Phyllis “Cookie” Dimant – an amazing life story indeed! Cookie was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1937 to Cy and Emma Korentajer. When Cookie was ten years old her family fled the Nazis, eventually making their way to the United States with stops in China and Japan. Growing up in Los Angeles, […]

Our Mr. November is Greg Morgan. Greg was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was raised from age 8 in a Connecticut suburb of New York City. His college and postgraduate education took place in Michigan and Chicago, but for much of his adult life, he worked in Florida as a software designer for several major […]

Ruby was born June 1, 1923, in London, England. She danced with the London Academy of Ballet. Her family moved from England to Toronto, Canada, and Ruby continued dancing on stage.  She worked as a professional model in Canada, and she also won the title of Miss Toronto. Ruby married and had two sons in […]

Our Ms. September, MJ Murphee, was raised in Garden City, Long Island, New York and spent summers between Jones Beach on Long Island, Camp Kokosing in Waterford, Maine, and her family farm in Vermont. She graduated from college in Kansas where she met her husband. They had two children, a boy, and a girl. When […]

Cathy Barringer was born in Burbank, a second-generation Californian, and raised in Van Nuys as a Valley Girl. After she graduated from Van Nuys High, she enrolled at Stanford University. She met James Carlisle Barringer (Carl) when he returned to Stanford after serving in the Infantry in Europe during WWII. They were married when she […]

“Honest Abe” is our July Man of the Month. In our latest newsletter, Abe tells about his early years growing up in Central California, his stint in the army during the Korean war, and his career and family life after. You’ll also meet our newest residents and meet our employee of the month, Ana Rosas. […]

MY DAD WAS A RACE CAR DRIVER AND I GREW UP IN BLUE JEANS! By Townehouse Resident Maxine Snelgrove The green flag drops and the race cars enter the first corner of the quarter-mile dirt oval. My dad, in an open cockpit #15 red V8 midget race car, is among them. Dust covers our vision. […]

Ronald J. “Ron” Hargrave (born November 8, 1929) is a well-renowned ukulele player and actor from the 1950s era; he has become an icon to the Rockabilly fan base. He co-wrote music for Jerry Lee Lewis, had many singles, and was also identified as a billboard star musician in Japan. Ron was born in the […]