This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. Ed Herider’s schedule is so busy that his own sister has a hard time getting a lunch date. Herider is 78, and lives at Concordia Life Plan Community. Since moving, he has logged more volunteer hours in his community than he can count. “I have been single my entire adult life and I was quite content, but after moving, I saw so many ways I could impact the lives …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. The ladies auxiliary at Concordia Life Care Community held a Christmas open house, Concordia’s 12 Days of Christmas. The Dec. 9 event included tours of holiday homes, carols by the Concordia Chorus, a raffle for a gift basket fundraiser, desserts and horse-drawn carriage rides to see festive lights and the “12 Days of Christmas” display. All proceeds benefited Concordia’s benevolent care fund for residents in need of financial assistance to remain in …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. Clyde Buchanan helps bring music and the memories it stirs to his fellow residents at Concordia Life Plan Community. Buchanan, 81, a retired oceanographer and applications engineer, makes an individualized playlist with more than 100 songs for residents in the memory care and skilled nursing units and downloads the music on iPods. “It’s theirs and available to them any time they want,” said Danny Eischen, executive director of Concordia, 7707 W Britton Road. …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. On a fall day in 1951, when Charles and Katherine Kietzman were married, they made great plans for their future and growing old together. More than forty years later, they were ready to realize their retirement plans. “We were in Claremore, Oklahoma, and that’s where we were going to be,” Katherine recalled. They had lived in the community for more than 20 years, but an unexpected turn in Katherine’s health caused them …
