Veteran Stories
As a Dental/X-ray Technician in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), PFC Stella Maurer made sure that the healthy shine on soldiers’ teeth was equaled only by the spit-shine of their boots! Born Stella Bartolone in Trenton, this Jersey girl now resides in Clare Bridge of Hamilton Assisted Living community.
Stella met and married her husband Steve prior to her enlistment. They then faced three long years of separation... Read more
Robert Leibrand, of Haddonfield, a decorated twice-wounded POW, served his country in the Army during WWII and serves his community as a deacon in his church. After caring for his wife, a Samaritan Hospice patient, during her final illness, he wanted to give back... Read more
When U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Powner's health failed about five years ago, his wife, Linda, cared for him at their home in Hamilton. As he became sicker with heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his wife, a 64-year-old retired school counselor, found her own health in jeopardy from the demands of caring for her husband of 26 years. So Tom, 82, and a retired industrial arts teacher from Hightstown High School, went to live at Care One Mercer... Read more