Belmont Village Resident Stories

My idea of perfect happiness is sleeping, watching the Warriors win basketball games and seeing my kids anytime…

Vincent and Rosemary met at a restaurant in Del Mar, where…

Earle, a former running back with the San Francisco 49ers…

When Harold met Lil at a high school party at the age of 15…

My motto is to look forward and think positively. I don’t believe there is perfect happiness other than happiness to be with friends and family….

I love to express myself through painting as it is both fulfilling and a great source of comfort…

I was born in Johnson City, Illinois where I lived on a farm with my family. I was the second youngest of five children…

Martin Elkort worked in advertising art and photography. He studied fine arts…

My inspiration was the lady who ran the El Centro (CA) Men’s Chorus…

I admired my mother so much. As she made me feel important. She made our ordinary home into a palace. She made it beautiful with her talents….

I have spent my whole life in the Oak Park/ River Forest area of Illinois. I loved growing up here and raising my own family here…

Patricia Boyd was a member of a female vocal group called The Carolinas…

I started designing jewelry in the late 1980s when…

Audrey and Sheba got together when Sheba was a puppy – just five weeks old…

When she retired as a high school teacher at age 58…

John and Suzanne were introduced by friends and connected right away…

Forty years ago, I decided to learn to square dance and I have not stopped…

Dean and Marian met in their mid-twenties through a mutual friend…

I must create! It’s what drives me. I have always had such a strong desire to paint…

Wes and Carla met in October 1948 in Lansing, Michigan…

Both dogs have thrived since being brought into a loving home. Coco Chloe is very affectionate while Toto is more independent…

Fred Willis, a World War II veteran in the U.S. Marine Corps, credits his service…

Artistic creativity has been part of my life since I began sewing clothes at age 12…

We met Sadie by answering a private-party and from an owner who could not keep the dog…

I do not consider myself an artist because I do not create anything new. I used to repurpose…

My husband Alvin was the greatest love of my life. We met while he was a student at Cornell University…

I spent the first 40 years of my life in Pennsylvania. I was one of 13 children so there was never a dull moment…

Yvonne Theobald came to Chicago from Louisiana on a vacation as a teen…

Everyday is a day to celebrate, as she is a good part of my life…

I was 17 years old when I moved to the U.S. from Bergen, Norway. My friend and I came over on a Norwegian military ship in 1934….

The couple met on a blind date when Anna filled in for a friend who could not make it…

I surprised my husband with both dogs after our darling Labradors had passed…

Ted and Marna have lived in many places – from Pound Ridge, New York…

My family hails from Great Britain (father) and Northern New Mexico (mother). So I am of English-Spanish-American Indian decent…

Shayna is a trained service dog who is licensed to help people with disabilities…

Being 110 years old has given me the opportunity to see many things and accomplish a lot…

My family emigrated from Russia. I was the youngest of seven children, the only one of my siblings born in the states…

Rani visits her grandmother Beth at Belmont Village several times a week where the two enjoy watching television together…

For me, art is a joy. It’s a fun, fulfilling creative outlet…

I wanted to adopt Tanner after seeing a photo of him on the Internet…

My daughter Dee Dee brought Buttons as a birthday present…

It’s never too late to realize your dream. I published my book while in my nineties….

In 1987 I started to sculpt in aluminum and bronze casting and then in 1993 I switched to stone…

I’m a tried-and-true Cubs fan. My late husband was scouted by the Cubs as a pitcher in 1934…

Wes and Susan met as teachers at Shafter High School in Shafter, California…

Art and Alice met on a double date with other partners…

Perry Wolff is an award-winning documentarian with a passion for history and the arts…

I want to be the kind of person the dog thinks I am…

My idea of perfect happiness is to spend time with my family.

George and Jane met through Jane’s cousin, when a group of friends got together…

Music performance has been a central part of Tan Tan Sun’s life…

I’ve had many jobs throughout my lifetime, from being a cook at Henry Booth House to a seamstress at Saks Fifth Avenue…

Aesthetically pleasing surroundings are important. I wanted my clients to enjoy…

“My motto is to have good luck –“Mazel Tov”– and I think that it has been true for most of my life…

Gerry Thompson started painting in oil and acrylic in middle school…

I first saw Louie in a litter of puppies at a neighbor’s house…

I was born in a fairly small town in Hungary and was the second youngest of six children…

Lilli Diamond started dancing as a child and then joined a professional dance troupe at sixteen…

Glynis Johns is a Welsh-born stage and film actress, dancer, pianist and singer…

The first time I danced was really on ice. We had a snowstorm…

My motto is to have a positive attitude and stay in balance. I smile because you don’t see the wrinkles. They are wisdom lines…

It was in the 1930s, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, when I began to play the accordion…

Spencer adopted us from the Rancho Coastal Humane Society…

Dorothy Mae Cook and Bebe have been inseparable for almost seven years. She and Bebe enjoy being out and about…

Nicholas V. Korda was a Sound Editor for seventy films during his forty-year career…

I traveled to more than 130 countries – from Morocco and Libya to Singapore and Australia – preaching the gospel…

Being creative is the most important thing that you can do for yourself…

Ted and Barbara met when Ted served in the Marine Corps with Barbara’s brother…