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A Lifetime of Service: Village Woods Resident Recounts 65 Years as a Nurse

Meet Catherine Van Eck, who now lives in the Village Woods retirement community in Crete. Catherine was a nurse for 65 years, 50 years working in the United States and 15 years involved in short-term mission projects. Nursing runs deep in her family; her mother was a nurse, and many other people in her family followed suit, with four straight generations of nurses in her family. …

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A Lifetime of Education: Dr. Faith LaVelle Celebrates 100 Years of Life Devoted to Education

“I’ve just been living one day at a time,” says Professor Emerita of Anatomy and longtime Elmhurst resident Dr. Faith LaVelle, reflecting on her recent 100th birthday. It’s a simple way to sum up the century she’s spent on earth, a life that has been filled with family, education, and service.…