Bob Neuman After interviewing numerous residents, I continue to realize how interesting, friendly and unique they are. Add in Norm and Nancy Ott. Visiting friends led to renting in SunBird, then purchasing a home in 2000. Some years they returned at Christmas to be with their son, two daughters and now nine grandchildren. Norm and…
Bob Neuman It all began when this congenial couple had dinner on an arranged blind date. Don, after 13 years of being a bachelor, had not met anyone he clicked with until that night. “I was impressed by her beauty,” he remarked. Being busy with other things, Pam ignored him for a while. Perseverance and…
Bob Neuman On a cold January 3, in 1932, Bobby Neuman was born to blue-collar parents in Shelbyville, Indiana. “We lived there with my grandparents due to the hardships of the Great Depression. Three years later my brother arrived.” He attended St. Joseph grade school until ninth grade then moved to Shelby High. He played…
Bob Neuman This interesting, active and delightful couple spent several years avoiding Midwest winters by renting in Sun Lakes. After a couple more in SunBird, they decided to purchase a home. The house required some work, but so what? Marlene is an interior decorator who once had her own shop. Their house is now a…
Bob Neuman For SunBird residents, most would wink at St. Patrick’s Day and move on. Others might guzzle a green beer or attempt a geriatric Irish jig. But it is more symbolic for Trisha and Ron Russell who chose that event for their wedding 43 years ago. Both grew up in Salem, Oregon. Each attended…
Bob Neuman Things you don’t know about this gentleman. 1. He loves to golf and has scored five holes-in-one. 2. He sailed to England on the Queen Mary. 3. He and some military buddies were in town having a few and watching a young lady being tattooed in a shop. Invited in, Van had the…
Bob Neuman With his six brothers and sister, a young boy lived on a farm in Arcadia, Oklahoma, a town even now with 247 people. At the same time, a young girl was maturing in California and would eventually play an important part in the boy’s life. Like his relatives, Jodie Perkins learned to play…
Bob Neuman For 12 years, Pat and Jerry Younger traveled back and forth from their Omaha home to winter in SunBird, but last fall things changed. As Pat related, “We moved to SunBird in 2014 because we love the people and needed to get down to one home. Winter temps are wonderful, but I am…
Bob Neuman A long time ago, in Albany, New York, a group of high school cheerleaders walked into a café where a partition divided it from the bar where some uniformed soldiers sat. One of the girls asked Elizabeth to go into the bar to have a look, but dissuaded by the rest, she merely…
Bob Neuman If you have met Audrey Dolezal, you recognize three characteristics immediately. She still has her Australian dialect, looks to be no older than 60 and obviously has a wonderful zest for life. This fascinating lady was born in 1928 and raised in Sydney along with a brother and sister. The Great Depression swept…