Old Timers

Sonja Britton: Growing up on Old Route 66

by Leota Harriman | Dec 13, 2019 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

Comfortably seated in her warm and inviting home, tastefully adorned with the gifts from a life in...

Rita Loy Simmons: Forging her own path

by Leota Harriman | Nov 15, 2019 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

“I’m known as Rita Loy.” At 80 years old, although diminutive in stature Rita Loy Simmons speaks with a dignified and kind voice. “My grandfather walked through the snow from Edgewood to get to my birth at Rohoboth Mission....

Estancia’s Bernadine Dial: A life of variety

by Thomas Campbell | Jun 11, 2019 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

In her youth, her family had a small dairy herd and it was her job to milk 10 cows every morning...

Socorro Hernandez: Dignity in hard work on the rancho

by Leota Harriman | Jul 16, 2018 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

He is a small man, but even at age 87 has large hands which are gnarled with the work of decades...

Alpha Schweedler: A caretaker’s quiet faith sustains her

by Leota Harriman | Jun 15, 2018 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

Alpha Schweedler says she was named “Alpha” because her father was in the University when she was...

Steve & Donna Garcia: 64 Years of Marriage

by Leota Harriman | Oct 7, 2016 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

She was born during the Great Depression to a truck-driving father who didn’t support his family,...

Don Youman — Veteran, family man, and locksmith

by Leota Harriman | Sep 12, 2016 | Old Timers | 0 |

Don Youman has rushed to the front lines to save guys in war; he knows how to perform a...

Old Timer Alma Wimsatt

by Leota Harriman | Dec 2, 2015 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

Alma Wimsatt caressed the blue and yellow soup tureen she had made with gnarled hands, as if she...

The ‘Google for us older folks’ is a lady named Jo

by Leota Harriman | Nov 9, 2015 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

Josephine Bassett’s house is bustling with activity seven days a week. Her sons run a construction...

Old Timers: Torrance County’s first female county commissioner

by Leota Harriman | Oct 21, 2015 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

By Judith Costello Thirty-two years ago, Shirley Davis (now Shirley Maldonado) became the first...

Benjamin Perea: ‘I like to talk to people in their own language’

by Leota Harriman | Sep 4, 2015 | Feature Stories, Old Timers | 0 |

By Judith Costello He comes to the door slowly, his body forming a 90-degree angle. Benjamin...

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Old Timers

Sonja Britton: Growing up on Old Route 66

Rita Loy Simmons: Forging her own path

Estancia’s Bernadine Dial: A life of variety

Socorro Hernandez: Dignity in hard work on the rancho

Alpha Schweedler: A caretaker’s quiet faith sustains her

Steve & Donna Garcia: 64 Years of Marriage

Don Youman — Veteran, family man, and locksmith

Old Timer Alma Wimsatt

The ‘Google for us older folks’ is a lady named Jo

Old Timers: Torrance County’s first female county commissioner

Benjamin Perea: ‘I like to talk to people in their own language’

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