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For many at Park Place of Elmhurst, Glen Ostdiek’s generosity was felt long before it was fully known. …

When Andy and his wife, Joyce, first moved to Victorian Village, they began in Independent Living. Like many couples, they were simply looking for a little more ease and community in their next chapter.…

When Aapa Kuita-Seiuli walks through the doors of Victorian Village each morning, she isn’t just arriving at work. She’s stepping into a place that has become a second home. Most people here know her as Anna, a steady and joyful presence in the halls, a woman whose compassion seems to brighten every hallway she walks through.…

Their uniforms may be long put away, but the values they learned in service never left them. Years later they received the invitation to participate in the Honor Flight: a single day in Washington, D.C., filled with memorials, mail call, and long-overdue thank-yous. Around a table in Independent Living at Park Place of Elmhurst, they shared those memories with humor, humility, and the steady clarity of people who have seen multiple changes in their lifetimes.…