eat which is nice to be able to customize your lunch meals. Two days a week we have an exercise class that allows us to stretch and move around in a proper, instructed way which has been absolutely wonderful. We also get to play bingo once a week where we each play until everyone gets two prizes. We also play dominoes, Skip-Bo and euchre, watch movies and put together puzzles. I’ve been at Country Bay for two years and I am always finding something to do. I am never bored.” After schooling everyone in a game of euchre or dominoes, Carolyn is also known as an avid quilting ace. Several quilts are adorned throughout her apartment, proudly displaying her work. “I still get together with some of my friends to sew together,” Carolyn gleamed. “We called ourselves ‘The Bernina Sisters’ because we all
had the same German-made Bernina sewing machines. After work on Wednesdays, we would go to the dining room in the hospital and sew for a couple of hours, grab something to eat, and then sew until about seven or eight o’clock. Then we would pack it all up and go home. We did that every Wednesday for several years; it was a great time.” Despite her ever-busy schedule, Carolyn was recently appointed as Secretary for the Scheurer Auxiliary. “I am excited to start my new role as Secretary. It’s quite amusing that throughout my life I was able to be all three careers that a woman could choose back then: a teacher, a nurse, and now a secretary,” Carolyn snickered, “I am excited to see what is next for me. Who knows, I might just go back to school next!”
Left: Carolyn walks us through her sprawling family tree, spanning multiple states and timezones. Above: Carolyn’s family at a recent wedding. Right: An avid quilter, Carolyn shows off just some of the many quilts are on display in her home in Country Bay Village
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