Community Life at Milestone Senior Living Tomahawk | Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Jane

Jane Fritchi was just the third resident to move into Milestone Senior Living. She is known for her laughter and for willingly sharing her friendship and opinions. Her religion means a lot to her and she has always been active in the Lutheran Church. She loved to travel with both of her husbands.She often tells staff she had the two best husbands in the world.

Jane’s daughter, granddaughter, and great-grandson flew in from AZ, to attend her 100th birthday celebration. Pastor Gillette started the event with a prayer, and Lynn Grube personally serenaded Jane before her favorite band, ‘The Rusty Reed Benders’ played. Jane had a permanent smile as she was surrounded by many friends and beautiful bouquets. Governor Evers sent her a Birthday Certificate. Representative Mary Felzkowski hand-delivered a Citation by The Legislature, which she presented to Jane on behalf of Senator Tiffany and herself.

Jane feels blessed to have reached 100 years old, claiming “I am Queen for the Day”, as she wore her special crown, sash and a great big smile!

James

James Riley Flannery moved into Milestone Senior Living Tomahawk on Dec. 18, 2017. He has always loved horses. Jim graduated from Michigan State University with a Police Science degree. Jake, Jim’s son, said in those days his dad did some detective work for the horse races in Illinois. His cousin had a horse that he named “Riley” after Jim. The first year he lived at Milestone, he proudly carried a picture around where he was petting “Riley.”

As time passes, Jim’s ability to communicate is not as good as in the past, but he responds to the nickering of horse calls from staff. Jim last rode a horse about three years ago. We felt it would be awesome to take him to see a horse once again. We made his dream come true when he went to Sunny and Jeff Mercier’s “Sundance Ranch” in Tomahawk. Sunny and Jeff and their animals welcomed Jim and the Milestone staff. Jim’s family was unable to attend but were very appreciative that staff made the Dare To Dream happen.

Georgie

This afternoon, residents taking part in a program on the second floor were surprised to see a Police car pull into the parking lot. They could scarcely believe their eyes as they saw one of our residents, 90-year-old Georgie, being escorted to the police car by two officers!

They soon realized that one of the officers was Georgie’s grandson, and the police had come to take Georgie on her Dare to Dream outing–a ride in a real police cruiser with its lights and sirens on!

After riding through town, talking on the radio with Dispatch, and even passing by the county jail, the officers brought Georgie back home. Some of her fellow residents asked her if she had been “frisked,” and of course Georgie had to answer, “No!”