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Ginny was the oldest of 9 children. She had to leave school at age 16 to help take care of her younger siblings. The family moved to Washington to be with their dad. The kids moved to Seattle as soon as they were old enough to get away.
Ginny married and had three sons, but tragically, one of her sons had poor health and passed away at a young age. In her 50s, she decided to go back to school and earn her diploma. She took on various jobs, including driving a school bus and working on assembly lines. When her husband retired, they bought a motor home and embarked on adventures across the country. They fell in love with the Verde Valley and decided to settle in Cottonwood, Arizona, while their sons remained in Washington.
Ginny became a VVCC neighbor in 2014. She makes good use of the services VVCC provides. In addition to transportation and grocery shopping, she has had tech help, handy person and business help and now has been loaned an emergency alert unit after having taken several falls. She makes use of community resources as well. She belongs to a widow’s group which meets several times a month, and has discovered Friday day trips for the elderly available from the Town of Camp Verde. She learned about reverse mortgages and is using the equity of her home to provide herself a little better lifestyle.
One time her son came down from Washington to get her settled into a care facility for the elderly. She said, “When I entered the building it just felt oppressive.” She told her son that no way was she going to sell her house and live in a facility. “I’m going to live in my home until I die,” she told him.
A woman of many words, she has only one word for VVCC, “Wonderful.” She has just begun going on VVCC's Senior Outings. As an outgoing person who thrives on being with people, she loves it.
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