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Residents at the heart of award-winning facility

Stella Boone, a resident at Nazareth Villages,

plays "Happy Birthday" for a friend.

If it’s your birthday and you’re lucky enough to have met Stella Boone, resident of Nazareth Village I, you’re in for a special treat--Stella will call you and play the tune “Happy Birthday” on her organ. At the age of 100, Stella makes these calls regularly for her friends at Nazareth Villages and for family members scattered throughout the country.

Stella has been living on the Nazareth Campus since 1986 when she moved into an apartment with her husband. At the time, it was the safest place to live.

And, according to Stella, it still is 20 years later.

“When I lie down at night it is so quiet,” she explained. “I don’t think you can pick a better place.”

Mary Adele Miller, 91, a 15-year resident of Nazareth Village II, would agree with Stella. Her love for Nazareth goes back to her arrival on campus in 1929—three days shy of her 14th birthday. Mary attended Nazareth Academy until 1933. “(Nazareth) is special to me,” she said. ”It’s a delightful place to be.”

When Mary Adele decided to sell her Louisville apartment and move to Nazareth, she felt this passage was a kind of homecoming, since all these She had kept the campus dear to her heart. “With me, I’ve loved it all my life.” Fortuitously, she now resides in an apartment that was formerly a part of the old Nazareth Academy Library where she read so many times as a young girl.

Both Mary and Stella are typical examples of life in the Villages--energetic, loving, and deeply rooted in the life of the campus. Walking down the halls of the apartment buildings, a resident is likely to be greeted by joyful spirits who simply make each day fun-filled for one another and for those who visit. And that’s not all. The Village apartment residents are involved, caring people. They help care for the grounds, attend events together, and invite others to join in.

Pictured from left: Richard Sweazy, Chairman of Nazareth Village II Board, Ann Margaret Boone, SCN, Director of Nazareth Villages; and Charles Shive, Director of HUD.

Maybe that was why the Housing and Urban Development and Kentucky Housing Corporation recently recognized Nazareth Villages with the “Outstanding Elderly Property Award” in Kentucky. This award placed the Villages once again at the top of the list of more than 400 similar facilities in the state.

And while the director, Anne Margaret Boone, SCN, says the awards received by the apartments are fruits of the harmonious communal life among the residents, others would credit her remarkable leadership. “I can’t say enough about Sister Ann,” Mary Adele said. “She goes the extra mile for everybody.”

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