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Ep. 280 Today's Peep Proudly Presents "Voices at 100" The Wisdom of Years Flows Freely at Ivy Park, What Does Life Look Like After Nine Decades?
Pat Walsh visits Ivy Park assisted living facility in Roseville, California for heartwarming conversations with residents in their 90s and 100s about their life experiences, wisdom, and everyday routines.
• Introducing the beautiful Ivy Park assisted living community in Roseville
• Conversations with residents about whether they listen to Pat's radio show
• Discussion with a 99-year-old resident about his travels and life experiences
• Meeting a ham radio enthusiast who still communicates with other operators
• Residents sharing what they enjoy about living at Ivy Park, including the staff and dining
• Robert, age 100, reveals his 50s were his favorite decade when "everything was together"
• Visit with Virginia, almost 101, who shares the story of her husband's experience as a WWII POW
• Virginia recounts how her husband returned home to meet their 9-month-old daughter after the war
• Residents discuss their daily activities including happy hour and watching television
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Welcome to the Patch Peeps podcast 280. Number 280. My friends, right man, it's rolling. It's a beautiful day on this 11th day of June 2025. As I look out my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California, the sun is shining and it is going to be a hot one. I'm Pat Walsh. I'm the host of the Pat Walsh Radio Show, the Pat Walsh Show on radio KPK News Radio 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, and streaming live everywhere on your free iHeart app, just like this podcast is. And today, a special edition of the Pat's Peeps podcast.
Speaker 1:As I went on location to Ivy Park, I would ask I'm not going to plead, but I would ask kindly, please. We had this conversation yesterday at one of the local businesses talking about someone was talking about my Pat's Peeps. They said I love what the businesses that we're adding to this all the time. But what I'm trying to say is please, if you would check out patspeepscom, beyond this podcast, patspeepscom, we have businesses there that we're trying to represent. Please, if you could be a part of our community. We as a community would be so very, very grateful. Yesterday, not yesterday, um, what was it? Oh, we, we added another business which I was super excited about. I can't say anything just yet and we've got some gatherings coming up Again. I'm not allowed to say anything and I'm going to be on TV representing Pat's Peeps. As soon as everything is finalized, then I'm going to let you know, okay, but for today, what I did is I went to Ivy Park Now this is in Roseville.
Speaker 1:Thank you to Denise and Summer for setting this up. For me, this is an assisted living home, and what it did is it provided me with the opportunity just like it did in an earlier podcast to speak to people right around the age of 100, people whose voices I feel we need to hear, and these people are so very charming. So let's head out to ivy park, which I highly recommend. There in roseville, if you need a place, you're searching for a place for loved ones who will be comfortable in their own apartments. Assisted living hey man, local business, okay, ivy Park in Roseville. So I went out yesterday I mean today and I I had a chance to talk with these folks and it was good to see some, some faces that I hadn't, that I'd seen last year. So my name is Pat. Hi, it's nice to meet you. Was anyone here last time? I was here. You were here last time. Hi, it's nice to see you again. Oh my, gosh.
Speaker 2:Stan was here, randall was here.
Speaker 1:Hi, nice to see you. Whoever was here last time, it's always nice to see you again. Oh, my gosh, stan was here, randall was here. Hi, nice to see you. Whoever was here last time, it's always nice to see you guys again. I'm at Ivy Park in Roseville with these wonderful people. Ivy Park, by the way, is a beautiful place, and I want to say thank you to Summer. I want to say thank you to Denise for having me back today. This is so wonderful. I just love it Again. I don't know what they told you about me or if you remember from last time. I'm a talk show host. Was it all bad? Yeah, can you fill me in? What's your name, sir? I don't know.
Speaker 2:What's my name? What is that? I don't know.
Speaker 4:I don't know who you are. I'm trying to get all right on myself.
Speaker 1:Can you tell me what bad things they say about me exactly? I'd like to get this recorded so we have evidence of this. Oh well, you talk a lot, I do. I did realize it would be a bad idea to be a talk show host and not talk a lot. For three hours you've got to talk. I've learned how to do that, that's for sure. Does anyone know about my show, the pat wall show? Yes, she does. You do you do, thank you. Did someone else back there say they did no?
Speaker 5:no, you can't find our radio you can't find a radio.
Speaker 1:What do you mean? You?
Speaker 5:can't find a radio either. We can't find our TV cord either.
Speaker 1:You can't find a radio or a TV cord Down there in our little hole. Do you need a radio? I'll get you a radio or a TV cord if you need it.
Speaker 5:We've got several, we just can't find them.
Speaker 1:Oh, you just can't find them. Can you find your remote control? No, neither can I. So there we go. What's that? Is it because you guys don't listen to the radio that you don't know my show? Or is it because you listen to the radio, maybe, but you just don't listen to it at night? Or is it? Frankly, who would want to listen to this guy? To begin with, that could be an option as well.
Speaker 5:If we do listen to you at night, we never hear the end of it.
Speaker 1:You never hear the end of my show, right? What time is your show? 7 pm. 7 to 10 pm 10. 7 to 10 pm.
Speaker 5:Well, we'd never find it again, would we?
Speaker 1:You would never find it again.
Speaker 5:No, the end. We would never get to the end of it because we doze oh is that right.
Speaker 1:I was going to say Now, is it just because you? What is your name? By the way, what's your name? Shirley? Shirley? Is it because you would just doze off?
Speaker 5:We just doze off.
Speaker 1:It's not because you think I would be so boring, no, that you're like. I got to go to sleep to this because I can't stay awake and listen to this guy.
Speaker 5:It's just that you would get tired.
Speaker 1:If you came down to sit and talk to us now, we might just go to sleep, some of us. Well, I've done that before too. I used to be the sports guy. I worked a split shift. I could be talking to you during the daytime. I'd be so tired, I'd fall asleep right there in front of you. I wouldn't even you know, I wouldn't even know it. 7 pm, it's Monday through Friday, 7 to 10 pm. And I tell you guys, I talked to a lot of groups very similar Kfbk. Now you guys got to know kf groups very similar. What channel are you on? Kfbk, now you guys got to know KFBK radio. Sure, see, I can tell you do?
Speaker 1:I can tell you do. I'm on radio. God bless you. She knows Pat's Peeps. Pat's Peeps, oh, thank you so much. You're on Pat's Peeps right now. I don't even know what your name is. See, you won't even have to divulge that on my on my podcast. Does anyone listen to podcasts? I say you won't even have to divulge that on my podcast. Does anyone listen to podcasts? I don't know how. Does anyone listen to the radio? I don't have a radio. Only one person listens to radio.
Speaker 2:My father listens to you. He's not here right now, but he listens to you every night. You put him to sleep, thank you.
Speaker 1:I seem to have a knack for putting people to sleep. Maybe that's my niche. Listen to me for a few minutes. Bam, you're out like a light. I didn't even know I had that niche. That's a new niche for me.
Speaker 2:He has your station on the radio and when he's getting ready to go to bed he listens to you. And he gets in bed, listens to the news and then goes to sleep Now. Where is he? He's walking the dog right now.
Speaker 1:Oh, he's walking the dog. That's not a metaphor. What's your name? My name is Ruth Ruth Golly. It's so nice to meet you. I just love your smile. What is your name?
Speaker 2:Allah, allah, and you listen to the when I was younger.
Speaker 1:Why not?
Speaker 2:now. Why do you not now? Because I'm too old.
Speaker 1:You're too old to listen to the radio. I've never heard of that before.
Speaker 2:At 7 o'clock, I'm in bed asleep.
Speaker 1:Okay, now that I get, Now that I get. I was going to say I didn't know there was an age limit. What about you guys back there being all quiet?
Speaker 4:Staying off the radar back there.
Speaker 1:I can't hear very good. Oh, you can't hear very good, I'll come over here. No, I can't hear. No, damn good.
Speaker 3:I'm Patrick. I'm 98 years old. I'm Patrick.
Speaker 1:I'm Patrick. What's your name, sir? Dwight, dwight, dwight. It's a pleasure to meet you, dwight. What it's a pleasure to meet you, sir. I appreciate you. My name is Pat. I'm still around at 99 years old, at 99 years old. What's it like to be 99 years old? What do you think at 99 years old? To be 99 years old, it's a goddamn thing to do no place to go.
Speaker 4:I've been there already in my life.
Speaker 1:You've been pretty much every place right. Where would you go today if you could get the heck out of here? Do you get out of here? Pretty often you look like a guy that's out and about with the family. I don't know where I'd go. I said I've been just about anywhere and everywhere in the world I don't know.
Speaker 1:I lost my wife, so what? Ah, sorry to hear that, sir. I don't do much traveling these days. Yeah, ah, sorry to hear that, sir, I don't do much traveling these days. Yeah, yeah, no, I get it. What's your name, sir Rendon? Pleasure to meet you, rendon. Likewise, pat. Thank you.
Speaker 1:You listen to the radio, Ham radio, ham radio. Yes, I've known people that do the ham radio. Were you? How did you get into ham radio? Did you do it from your garage? Because I always knew guys who would always be our neighbor, oh yeah, and he'd always be the guy He'd have the pocket protector, like with the pens, right In his garage. He got the pocket protector. He's like. Some of them were engineers, real smart guys. You're an engineer, rocket scientist. Are you kidding me? See, see, see, right, I've known. Were we neighbors at one point? Because I think I may have known you. I'm from Rancho Cucamonga. Oh, you were in Rancho Cucamonga, southern California. Yeah, I knew people that did the ham radio and I always thought it was very fascinating. They could be out in the garage talking to people in other countries and things you know. As a little kid I thought that was pretty cool that they could do that.
Speaker 3:And my mom got her license after I got mine.
Speaker 1:Is that right? Do you still do it? You still have a setup? Yes, is that right? Yeah, it keeps me out of trouble. Yeah, darn it. Well, that is really so. Who do you speak to on a ham radio? Who do you talk to on a ham radio, other ham radios From other countries, and you just shoot the breeze, or what?
Speaker 3:Not here, because my antenna is in the window, oh okay, and I can't get out very far.
Speaker 1:Okay, so how far does it go?
Speaker 3:Maybe up to Lincoln or something like that. It's pretty local.
Speaker 1:And so it's just the guys that are into ham radio, just kind of shooting the breeze about stuff, about life. Yeah, wow, remember when CBs used to be real popular? Remember that CBs used to be very popular. Everyone was a CB craze. Look at you over there, hi. Hi. What's your name? Joan? Hi, joan, I'm Pat, nice, lovely lady. I mean, you just don't get a better group of people. Hi, what's your name? Colleen? Colleen, oh my gosh, it's so you guys, ladies, it's just so nice to meet you. How are you? This is a beautiful place, isn't it? You like it here?
Speaker 2:Yes, we like it.
Speaker 1:What do you like about Ivy Park other than all these really super nice people?
Speaker 2:Well, I love the nice people, I love the staff, I love the dining area and the kids waiting on us and I just love the place, god.
Speaker 1:I love your hairstyle too. You ladies are, so what about you?
Speaker 5:Everything, she said Everything she said Because I really love it here and I'm so glad I am here yeah what it you know I'm.
Speaker 1:I know I don't want to embarrass them, but those two ladies down there, I'm pretty fond of those two ladies down there, you know. We think they're pretty nice too. Did you know that Denise? Denise is huh, you have the same birthday. Oh my god. Denise is Huh, you have the same birthday. Oh my God, when is your birthday again? March 8th.
Speaker 2:March 8th.
Speaker 1:Denise, do you know the story of her husband? She's a widow and her husband, mark, was part of my radio show for a long time. Oh, I didn't know that.
Speaker 1:Mark had a. We called him Mark the Voice Guy and Mark the Voice Guy had a very unique job. So on my radio, you know, on the show you play, you go to a commercial, you play some commercials and you come back and you know, you play some music, transition back from the commercials back into the show and you start talking right. So during over the music we used to play. Her husband, mark, god bless, rest in peace, love him. Love him went way too soon.
Speaker 1:He's a young man but he would do these little liners over the music for my show, this portion of the Pat Wall Show brought to you by Corduroy Pillows, making headlines since 1971. If you get that joke, she got that joke up there. I know she did. See, he would do things like that, little subtle things like that, and there was no one like him. And so to see Denise here and to see that she's doing so well here I'm just so very proud of her and to bring you know, to have her come in here so I can talk to you and meet all of you, is just such a wonderful thing. I tell you it really is. How are you doing, sir?
Speaker 3:I'm doing okay.
Speaker 1:He's got that look on his face, like I have when I'm in this situation like, please, god, don't come to me next, don't talk to me next. I got nothing to say. I'm Pat, you are Pat, pat.
Speaker 3:Nice to meet you.
Speaker 1:What's your name, paul? Paul, it's a pleasure. Hi, I'm Pat. Hi I'm Sherry. Sherry, you two together. We're neighbors, you're neighbors. We used to be.
Speaker 3:Used to be neighbors.
Speaker 1:We lived at Sun City and she was a neighbor of mine. Was your neighbors in here or, oh, in Sun City? You said we were in Sun City. Oh, no, kidding, you were neighbors in Sun City and now you're neighbors at Ivy Park.
Speaker 3:Thank you, I think you came here first what you came here first I think so.
Speaker 1:Yeah, did you guys talk about. So you guys must have known each other very well.
Speaker 4:I have profound hearing loss, so I'm not understanding much of what you're saying.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm sorry. Well, it's nice to see that two neighbors are in this beautiful place together and still neighbors and still, you know, being friends, like that, you know. I just think it's awesome. Thank you, look at this guy right here. Hi, I'm Jim Jim.
Speaker 3:Tell us about yourself.
Speaker 1:That's my brother's name. Oh, you want to hear something about me. Jim, that is a nice shirt. That's the first thing I'm going to tell you about myself. Come on now, Jim Go.
Speaker 3:Irish baby, let's go Irish.
Speaker 1:Our whole family's Irish. Six kids were Irish Catholic, grew up in the 60s. Well, tell us an Irish joke. Oh God, oh God, oh God, the ones I know, they're pretty crass, they're pretty crass. Yes, yes, I had a great uncle In Dublin, though. I did, you did.
Speaker 1:He worked at a brewery there, Like a big brewery there, it's like the Guinness. Yeah, I was just at the Guinness brewery. He was my great uncle actually, and he works at this brewery and his job was to. You know, he mans these big vats, gigantic vats of beer. So he's up there and he one time no kidding now he falls into the vat of beer. He time, no kidding, now, he falls into the vat of beer. He fell into the damn thing. So they got poles and they're trying to. They got ropes and they got a life saver preserver and they're throwing it in there. But like a good Irishman, he fought them off valiantly, thank you, thank you, thank you For anyone who got that joke. That was my Irish joke. I had some more crash ones, but that was I was born in Elk Grove.
Speaker 1:Okay, from Sacramento, thank you. There's some laughter over there. Yeah, from Elk Grove, and it used to be like Mayberry. Andy Griffith is my favorite show of all time. I think it's probably because Mayberry it reminded me of Mayberry back when Andy was the sheriff and Barney was the deputy and Floyd was the barber and all of that. So, yeah, went to Elk Grove High School, and that's one thing I love about doing my show here in Sacramento is because I have a history of Sacramento which I can share with people who may or may not have been around at that time, or people who didn't live there at the time or here at that time. So what's your name, sir, robert? Robert, I knew it was. You're 100 years old, yeah, and your birthday was in January, right, january 8th, 23rd, oh, january 23rd. So I just got to ask you, robert, oh, january 23rd. So I just got to ask you, robert, what's it like? What's it like to turn 100? Tell us what is that like? Is it anything?
Speaker 3:Is it like Nothing different than 99 or 95 or 90. Nothing different, it's just Nothing different. Another day at the yeah, you just can't hear as well, you can't see as well. But life goes on.
Speaker 1:When does that happen? Because when does the not seeing? Well, Because I'm starting in my left eye. I just realized I went to the DMV recently, Robert and I realized oh my God, I couldn't see out of my eye, oh, mid-90s.
Speaker 3:Mid-90s.
Speaker 1:Well, I got about three years left then. Yeah, before this begins, oh God, I better make plans soon, wow, but a hundred years old, no big deal, a lot of people see that as a.
Speaker 1:So what is your being a hundred years old and I hope you don't mind me asking you this question You've seen a lot. All of us have seen a lot In 100 years. What would you say? What would you look back at, robert, as your favorite decade? Is there a favorite decade, a favorite time for you in your life in terms of years?
Speaker 3:or decades. My favorite time was in my 50s, in your 50s. Yeah, I felt like I really had it all together then.
Speaker 1:Which would have been what the 80s, 90s no, when you're 50 years old. No, no, but I'm saying that would have been in the 1980s, or when would you have been in your 50s? I was trying to calculate in my mind. You know I'm going to do a lot of math over there 75. Huh, 1975. 75? 1975? Yeah, somewhere in there, right? Thank you for doing the math.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I got married the third time when I was 72. Really, and he's looking for a fourth wife.
Speaker 1:Is that right? Are you looking, Robert?
Speaker 3:That was the best marriage I had, oh.
Speaker 1:Is she not with us any longer? Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sorry to hear that. So, at 100 years old, could you meet someone else? Maybe do it again? No, no, I gave up. No, you're not how to hit the singles bars, you gave up, you just gave up. It's like yeah, whatever, I've had enough of that right.
Speaker 3:I had a singles lady friend about two or three years ago. We used to go out on luncheon dates.
Speaker 1:That sounds great. Never romantic, but you're not doing that anymore, just for company.
Speaker 3:Possibly yeah, come on.
Speaker 1:I'm looking at you. I know you want to do that. I know you will. It's a real pleasure to meet you, sir. It really is. It really is a pleasure to meet you. Happy birthday to you, even though it's late, but still it's Hi. Look at the ladies. They have the nicest smiles here. These ladies, how are you?
Speaker 1:I'm fine, what is your name? Myrna Myrna? Were you here last time, myrna, when I was here? Oh, you weren't. Well, you look lovely. What about these rascals over here? What do you think of these guys? You know, does everyone know, everyone here? Everyone kind of mingles and hangs out together. What do you guys do here? Mingles and does, yeah, hangs out together. What do you guys do?
Speaker 2:here. What's the oh, it's bingo. It's bingo, the thing bingo happy hour, happy hour.
Speaker 1:Oh, happy hour. Huh little of that little bingo. No, I don't drink it. Oh, you don't drink at all. Is that what we're talking about? Happy hour, happy hour is everything. Cocktails, yes, she's like oh, yes, that's right, I can't. Oh, you can't have a cocktail.
Speaker 2:No, but she stays with us during it.
Speaker 1:Well, I do, oh yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I drink my seven up.
Speaker 1:Oh, wow. So when's When's happy hour?
Speaker 2:Three, three.
Speaker 1:And you don't do the happy hour. I have lemonade. Oh, there you go, but you're part of it anyhow, right, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, that is, that is. It's a pleasure to meet you. I really thank you guys for coming out here today. And what is your name?
Speaker 2:Norma.
Speaker 1:Were you here last time, norma? Oh, you were not here last time, alma. No, oh, you were not here last time no. You looked very familiar to me.
Speaker 4:Oh, that's scary, Is that scary?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I don't know why. Who were the two ladies that were here last time? Leila Leila there she is, oh my gosh. She just appeared in the chair over there and she still looks very feisty, doesn't she?
Speaker 2:She is, she's very feisty she is.
Speaker 1:Huh, you can tell. Just look at her. She still reminds me of a little girl just waiting, like she's just ready for trouble, doesn't she have that look? Oh my gosh, how are you again? It's nice to see you.
Speaker 2:You interviewed me a year ago.
Speaker 1:You think I wouldn't remember you. Of course I do. Of course I remember you. Now I have to go to the guy who won't give me his name. You can tell he's very incognito. How are you, sir? Pretty good sir. It's a pleasure to meet you. Good, good.
Speaker 5:He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs. Is that right you?
Speaker 1:He's Sam, I Am, and he doesn't like green eggs, is that right? You wouldn't eat them in a box, or eat them with a fox, uh-uh. Or on a boat, or with a goat, or whatever you say. Those are some of my favorite books of all time, sam. It's nice to meet you, sam, I had a woman for 75 years that took care of me and she says don't open your mouth, is that right? What's your name? Frank? Frank, it's a pleasure to meet you guys. Thank you, frank. Yes, how are you doing today? I'm doing great, yeah, yeah, yeah, now we met for a moment, right, did we not, did we not? And your name is Shirley Shirley.
Speaker 3:Shirley, I'm Shirley, See.
Speaker 1:I can tell she's the other feisty one. She's the other feisty one over there.
Speaker 5:I've known this guy 61 years how you 61 years is that right?
Speaker 1:what's your name? What's?
Speaker 3:your name.
Speaker 1:Delaine, nice to meet you. I'm Patrick. It's a pleasure to meet all of you guys. Last time I was here, like I said, lila right, I don't either cuz either, because you look like you should be sitting right there. How are you doing? Been a while, since a year ago, since we've seen each other right.
Speaker 2:Well, I'm still going.
Speaker 1:You know, as I'm thinking about this, you might be, I'd really have to think about this, but you might be the only return guest on my podcast so far, making a second time appearance. I don't think.
Speaker 2:I've ever Didn't you interview Robert before.
Speaker 1:No, we have not, not until today. He sure is a nice guy, though.
Speaker 2:Virginia.
Speaker 1:Virginia.
Speaker 2:She's up in her room.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she's not going to come down today, virginia, is she able to have visitors?
Speaker 4:I'll go check.
Speaker 1:If you check, I'd like to visit her and say hi to her. Hi, visitor, she's a sweetheart.
Speaker 4:Hi Pat.
Speaker 1:What's your name, sandra? Sandra, it's a pleasure to meet you. Thank you. I'm a talk show host at KFBK Radio. Thank you, oh, you're welcome, absolutely. I'm trying to show everyone how to listen to my podcast, because sometimes people don't know how to do that, and you guys are going to be on my podcast today. Yeah, all of this is going on the podcast. As soon as I leave here, I'll upload this. Did you find it? Oh, he's still talking to me.
Speaker 3:Oh, you got.
Speaker 1:You got some guy on there that ain't me. I'll tell you that.
Speaker 2:Virginia would like to be the visit she would.
Speaker 1:She's up in her room. Yes, okay, we'll stop by and visit Virginia then. That's when I decided. So there we go. So that's when I decided we would go up and visit Virginia. These people are so nice and, again, ivy Park is a nice place. Here's my second visit with Virginia. In the last year she was up in a room. Apparently she's unable now, at 100 years old almost 101, as you'll hear. She's having trouble getting down to the main floor, but we're going to try to help her with that. Get her hair done and do some nice things for Virginia. Well, it's nice to see you again, virginia.
Speaker 4:Well thank you.
Speaker 1:You turned 101. So last time we spoke you were just a spry 100. Now you're 101.
Speaker 4:Yeah, feel any different.
Speaker 1:Were just a spry 100. Now you're 101. Yeah, feel any different spry, not so spry now you still seem very spry. I still love your sense of humor and I still love your smile and all that.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I have a hard time hearing yeah, that's okay how you been doing.
Speaker 1:Okay, when was your birthday?
Speaker 4:when was it? When was your birthday? July 15th.
Speaker 1:Oh, so you have another birthday coming up. Yeah, so you're going to be 102? No, 101. Oh, you're going to be 101 coming up. Oh, so you're still 100. Oh my God, you say your birthday is July 15th.
Speaker 3:Yes, oh my gosh, wow, all right.
Speaker 1:You're doing okay. These days, though, you're doing alright.
Speaker 4:Yeah, you know as good as I'm gonna be. You still doing daily push-ups. The only push-ups I do is out of this chair.
Speaker 1:So what's anything interesting with you? Anything interesting in your life that you're doing, any new hobbies, anything like that, are you?
Speaker 4:kidding. No, what hobbies would I have? I don't know. You seem so nice and fun. My hobby is sitting Is that your? Or watching TV.
Speaker 1:What's your favorite TV shows? What do you?
Speaker 4:watch Anything that's on TV, anything that's on no.
Speaker 1:I usually, even if it involves Adam Sandler.
Speaker 4:No, oh God, I like the Mysteries. Oh, I can't think of it right now.
Speaker 2:What is it, elsbeth? It's a new show.
Speaker 5:I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:Elsbeth, I think it's a new show, yeah.
Speaker 4:Yeah, she plays a detective, she's a detective.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know what you're talking about, I just can't remember the name. Oh, it's fantastic.
Speaker 4:It's new. Also, it's a new show she presented an Emmy this time Okay, because I tried to get her on TV and she was in the show, okay, and delivered the Emmy Award, aw, okay, and delivered the Emmy Award, aww. So I thought she must be married to a wealthy man or something to get up in that position. I don't know, because her show is only on once a week.
Speaker 2:I think they were just testing the waters with the show and then, once it does well, they're going to have it on a regular schedule. So it's pretty popular now. Yes, yeah. Yes it is. It's a good show.
Speaker 4:She's really funny, yes.
Speaker 2:I can't remember the name, but I know what you're talking about.
Speaker 4:She's a good actress, but you know she presented an Emmy Award this time, okay, the other day when she was on TV. That's great. She's married to an executive someplace along the line to get up that far Right or she's really good at her job. Yeah, she's very good, I like her show.
Speaker 1:It sure is nice seeing you again, virginia, thank you. Thank you for letting me say hi to you.
Speaker 4:I don't know if I'm happy to see you again. Okay, no, I understand, that's another year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's true, that's true, yeah.
Speaker 4:That's true. No, I didn't mean that. That way I meant to be. I was surprised.
Speaker 1:Me too Went by pretty quick, doesn't it, oh my?
Speaker 4:Yeah, it does and it doesn't. It seems like I've been here 40 years.
Speaker 3:Oh.
Speaker 1:What was your husband's name? Keith? K-e-i-t-h Thompson and he was a prisoner of war, uh-huh, can you tell me about that? You say he was shot down.
Speaker 4:Yes, can you tell me about that.
Speaker 1:I'm sorry. Can you tell me about your husband and what happened with him being a POW? He was a prisoner of war.
Speaker 4:And then when, during that time, Patton was coming this way, the Russians were coming this way, the Germans were scared to death of the Russians, so they opened the gates and let the prisoners out through the woods Vienna woods and stole chickens to eat, he and another buddy, and they wandered until they met up with other United States service people. So then he went to Paris and came home from Paris and did you say, his plane was shot down. Yes, a B-52.
Speaker 1:And so they captured him and they made him a prisoner of war. And you're at home, and did you have children at that time? I was pregnant. At that time, you were pregnant with your first child, with your first child. What was that like for you, knowing that he was a prisoner of war?
Speaker 4:Well, I lived with my parents, so I was well taken care of. Yeah. Because, I lived with Mother and Daddy in Roseville, here in Roseville, in Roseville, and they helped me with. Diane is my firstborn Diane.
Speaker 1:What was it like when he came home finally?
Speaker 4:Well, he called and said he's on his way home. He was in New York at that time and then on his way home and I was living with mother and daddy, so he came home and that was it. From that time on we lived there at mother and daddy's house in roseville and then he eventually got a job with fuller paint company and, uh, did very well with that company and advanced in it and, um, then he traveled, of course, with the salesman you know for cooler paint.
Speaker 1:Okay, so that must have been quite amazing for him. He's a prisoner of war, he is released, finally, and he comes home to his beautiful wife, because I'm looking at the picture of you two. You're beautiful, you make a great couple. But then he comes home and he gets to meet his child for the first time. What?
Speaker 4:was that like? Yeah, she was nine months old when he got home. Yeah, and I was living with mother and daddy. Yeah, it was. It took a little while for him to adjust to all that. Yeah, you know, being with all the fellas in a prisoner of war camp, whatever they do, I don't know, but it took him a long time to get adjusted.
Speaker 1:Was that something that he talked about very much when he came back? Did he talk about being a prisoner of war?
Speaker 4:No, he never talked about anything he didn't talk about that no, not to me To my younger daughter. He kind of talked to her, but she's a better listener than I am Sure. Yeah.
Speaker 1:And then you were married 60 years. How many children did you end up having?
Speaker 4:Two girls Two girls, diane and Cindy.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh, do they come and visit you?
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, they live in Roseville. Oh good, good yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and tell us your husband's name again Keith, keith, right, k-e-i-t-h. God bless him. Yeah, god bless your husband, keith for what he did. And what a beautiful marriage, 60 years.
Speaker 4:What a beautiful thing that is Well fortunately, I had a place to live while he was a prisoner of war. Mother and daddy were very generous in letting me stay there with him.
Speaker 1:Virginia, it sure is nice to see you again.
Speaker 4:Thank you. It sure is a pleasure to see you.
Speaker 1:You're as sweet as I remember you are. You're a very kind person. I really appreciate you letting me in to say hi to you again.
Speaker 4:I'm surprised Leila didn't come in.
Speaker 2:I put the tadpole on the door.
Speaker 4:Well, she started to. Then I told her I was having this, so she said she'd go. Then I told her I was having this, so she said she'd go. Then she left. She said good luck, or something.
Speaker 1:And there it is, my visit to Ivy Park in Roseville. Thank you to Denise McKee, Thank you to Summer, thank you to everyone there at Ivy Park. It's a good place if you're ever looking for a place, for you know your loved ones need a nice apartment. Whatever, you know assisted living and it's a beautiful place. All right, and thanks to all of these wonderful people for having the nerve to go on my podcast. I appreciate all of you and I'm so grateful. Okay, we'll see you for Pat's Peeps podcast number 281. I can't believe it. See you on the radio. © transcript.
Speaker 2:Emily Beynon.
