Former Toledoan paints lighthouses as retirement hobby
With 3,126 miles of Great Lakes
shoreline and 115 lighthouses, Michigan is a
lighthouse-lovers heaven. Hillsdale County resident Mary Segur lives in Osseo,
Michigan, and spends her...
Toledo man recalls service as WWII Naval aviator
Toledoan Alex Rapp made it through World War II unscathed, but not for lack of action.
The Naval aviator, now 94, was stationed on the...
92-year-old painter says seniors never too old to learn
The walls of nearly every room in Jayne Schroeder’s Toledo home are covered in framed paintings, her handiwork of the past 12 years.
The 92-year-old...
Activity passes help seniors cheer on local students
Her four sons haven’t donned a Perrysburg jersey for more than 30 years, but June Sweede can still regularly be found in the...
Adrian woman sets the stage for foster care program in the regional VA system
Edith Noveskey laughs as she recalls the first time she tried to serve her housemate Richard Sebring spinach.
And salmon? She’ll never try that again...
Workshop to teach how to collect stories from veterans
When LaMont Gee was hit in the throat by shrapnel while defending a bridge in Belgium during World War II, his friends thought he...
Professor, librarian library collaborate on book
A Lourdes University professor and a local librarian collaborated recently on two projects related to veterans.
Lourdes University professor Holly Baumgartner and Amy Hartman, formerly...
Retirement Guys: Life insurance strategies start with saving
More than 20 years ago, a month after I turned 18, I, Nolan, got licensed to sell life insurance. I knew I wanted to...
Nationally known grief counselor to speak in Toledo on April 23-24
At age 16, well-known counselor Alan Wolfelt already knew he wanted to help those reeling from the grief associated with death.
As a young person,...
North Toledo housing projects reinvigorate residents
Although LoRece Morehead grew up on Franklin Street, near Downtown Toledo, her heart is in the North End. Two years after their September 1966...
