Blog Posts
My Family Crow
By Ed Townes My father, a banker who headed the mortgage department, came home one day with a baby crow given to him by a customer. Dad turned over the crow to me and
Waitlist Realities and the Future of Senior Living
We recently received an email from a myLifeSite user that got my attention; not because it was unusual, but because it was so representative of what we’re hearing more often across the country: “We
Surviving Nazi Germany
By Frank Lewis This is a heart-warming story of one man’s journey from being born under German Nazi rule and later moved to America where he thrived. John Kalepp is my brother-in-law, and this
An Inadvertently Successful Immigration Story
By Milena Van Sant During WWII my parents and I lived in Berlin, Germany and Vienna, Austria. After the war, we had the bad luck of moving to Prague, now the Czech Republic. about
How They Made 70
By Harriet Dawson Before Dean Loudy was “The Voice of the Northern Neck,” he was the dream in the eye of a young lady who didn’t even know she had such a dream. But
News Releases
Lancaster Elementary School Will Feature 300 Pieces of Artwork in RWC’s December Show
Teacher Marilyn Sprouse celebrates 25 years of showcasing students’ work Lancaster Elementary School (LES) visual arts teacher Marilyn Sprouse has proudly curated her students’ artwork for Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury’s December Show
Military Veterans Honored with Annual RWC November Art Show
RWC residents made life and death decisions in U.S. Armed Forces Major James Makin As the logistics analyst for the Army Chief of Staff, Major James Makin was
Life in Dictatorship
Excerpted from Our Neighborhood, a new RWC quarterly publication) By Milena Van Sant I lived as a child and young teen under the iron fists of two dictatorships – the Nazis in Germany and
Celebrating a Remarkable Milestone: RWC Resident Turns 109
Irma Burke has lived a happy life at RWC for two decades Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury (RWC) is thrilled to celebrate Mrs. Irma Burke, a beloved resident, as she reaches the incredible
60-Year Married Couple Looks Forward to Valentine’s Day at Home
Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury is ideal location for the residents’ date night On Valentine’s Day, the Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury dining room is the date of choice for residents Brian and Mary Bennett, who’ve