Meet the Resident
Ellen
Ellen was born and raised in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria. She grew up with several brothers and a sister to a loving mum, Violet, for whom Ellen is named. Ellen worked at Scotch college when she was younger and later moved to Healesville with her husband Ralph, building their own house and making a home in the town. They had a pet sheep with her family in Healesville- named Lacey- and told her favourite Together with Ralph, they have three daughters- Cheryl, Joan and Kathy, 4 grandchildren and 1 great- grandchild (and another on the way) and when retirement was ripe Ellen and Ralph did some caravanning- visiting family in Darwin and the like. stories about the sheep getting into and eating chicken food.
Ellen worked as a carer here at Holmwood Aged Care years ago, as well as in the laundry and kitchen, and her husband was the maintenance man for a while at the same time. This was in the time when Holmwood Aged care was only a 25 bed facility and she remembers having many laughs and fun times in her working days. This was the start of a family legacy that would see her daughters work here and later her granddaughter, and her now grand-son in law. Will there be another generation in these halls?… time will tell. continued...
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