Tag: senior citizen
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Frank Valach: reflections on a life built of love
“This is how I get my exercise,” said Frank Valach, 99, as he pushes himself toward the cafeteria in a wheelchair Thursday at The Villa, where he’s lived the last three years. A beloved father, grandfather and literal community builder (for most his life he was a bricklayer), Frank has been an integral part of…
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Still Smiling: 94-year-old cowboy loving ranch life
Sitting in a wheelchair by his wood stove at his cabin on Gilt Edge Stage, 94-year-old Eldon Snyder reads Louis L’amour’s “The Riders of High Rock,” entering the world of Hopalong Cassidy. “I’ve read a lot of books since I quit riding two years ago,” he said. “That’s one of the main things I do:…
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