Former Chiefs cheerleader, senior living community ready for Super Bowl
FOX4 caught up with one woman who was on the sidelines cheering for the Chiefs in the 1960s. Now, she’s at Brookdale Senior Living helping her community cheer for the Chiefs to a Super Bowl win.
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90-year-old 49ers fan hopeful for Super Bowl win
Martha Campana, 90, has been a San Francisco 49ers fan since 1971. Campana is a superfan. She was a season ticket holder for the team’s entire tenure at Candlestick Park from 1971 until the 2013 season. In that time, she only missed five games.
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Biloxi woman, last of 16 siblings, celebrates 100th birthday
Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines presented Arleaner Washington, 100, with a proclamation on behalf of the city of Gulfport and Mayor Billy Hewes. Now a widow, she’s the last living of sixteen siblings. She has nine grandkids, eleven great-grandkids, seven great-great-grandkids, and six children of her own.
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Biloxi woman, local civil activist, turns 100
Surrounded by her family and friends at the Brookdale Senior Living in Biloxi, Arleaner Washington celebrated her 100th birthday. The City of Gulfport designated her birthday as Arleaner Washington Day in honor of her civil and community work.
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95-year-old painter dazzles with her art
Rosemary Merckx, 95, has a studio in her apartment where she paints what inspires her .Her work has impressed Brookdale associates, fellow residents and visitors alike.
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Overland Park seniors challenge Bay Area-community to friendly Super Bowl-inspired wager
Residents at Brookdale Overland Park 119th put their own spin on a common practice during football season: wagers. The residents issued a challenge to their sister communities in the greater San Francisco area. They made a video with a friendly bet where fans of the losing team have to post a video on social media congratulating the winning team.
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Senior Chiefs fans challenge San Francisco with friendly competition ahead of Super Bowl
Residents at the Brookdale Senior Living community in Overland Park are challenging their San Francisco counterparts to a friendly rivalry ahead of the big game! You can feel the team spirit at Brookdale. It starts from the sea of red and yellow you’re greeted with when you walk in the door, to the stories of Chiefs fans that have stood the test of time.
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Bill & Patsy: A strong and steady love for the ages
The love story of Bill and Patsy Ward started nearly seven decades ago. The pair grew up in Northeast Tennessee and what started as a friendship has grown into 69 years of marriage.
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Brookdale resident in Idaho presented with Quilt of Valor
Duane Severson was the reason for speeches, accolades, applause, cake and ice cream Saturday at Brookdale Coeur d’Alene. The 89-year-old Severson received a Quilt of Valor before about 30 people at Brookdale, a senior living community.
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Meet Franklin's 102-year-old resident, Maxine Eastland
Maxine's life philosophy is as simple as it is profound: "Enjoy each day at a time—there's something good in every day." From her active childhood immersed in tennis, swimming, and Girl Scouts, to her current routine of exercise classes four times a week, Maxine still holds on to some old-school habits
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Beaumont woman celebrates 105th birthday
On Friday, January 26, Annie Bazile Turned 105 years old. Two of Bazile's cousins and associates at Brookdale Dowlen Oaks Senior Living gathered to mark the occasion.
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East Texas man, former NASA Engineer makes more than 100,000 crosses for people around the world
Fred Meissner says he's made between 100,000 and 150,000 crosses over the past 30 years. The longtime artisan says he felt the call to switch to this profession after he made a cross for his mother.
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105-year-old Beaumont resident celebrates her birthday with key to the city
Family and friends gathered at Brookedale Dowlen Oaks in Beaumont, Texas to celebrate Annie Bazile's 105th birthday.
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A day in the life at a Brookdale community in McMinnville, Oregon
Today’s piece — noon to 1 p.m. at Brookdale McMinnville Town Center — begins a year-long series of 24 stories, one hour at a time. We will observe 24 separate scenes, two dozen parts of life in our local communities, moving in chronological order like the hands of a clock.
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Dancing keeps him young: 102-year-old Onalaska man grooves his way through life
Friends and family gathered at a Brookdale Senior Living community in Wisconsin to celebrate Bob Everitt's 102nd birthday. He shared some of his biggest accomplishments, out of everything he has done he still continues to dance.
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