PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ELKS NATIONAL HOME
American territories were invited to come to Bedford to live at the Elks Home. My brother and I left Puerto Rico, were met by Elks in Miami, and sent by bus to Bedford. We lived in the Home from 1942 to 1944 and attended high school nearby.” Following the war, Besosa stayed in the United States, joined the US Army, earned a college degree, and was married in 1951. “We moved here eleven years ago,” Besosa says. “My wife’s buried here. I’m home.”
“When I was thinking about retirement,” says Walter Zimmerman, of the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Lodge, “I visited about three dozen places over a five-year period. I’ve been at the Home for nine years now, and I love the freedom here. I play golf on the front lawn, come and go as I please with my car, and have found some good fishing spots. My three children visit me, too. I don’t like to cook, and I’m satisfied with the food here.” Richard Holley, originally from the
u Shown here enjoying a game of pool is Sheridan Besosa, of the Cape Henlopen, Delaware, Lodge, who is originally from Puerto Rico. He holds the distinction of being the only resident of the Home who has lived there both as a child and as an adult.
Tucson East, Arizona, Lodge and now a member of the Ohio River Valley, Ohio, Lodge, is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. “When I joined the Elks fifty- three years ago,” Holley says, “they told me the Elks Home was available if I ever needed it. I moved here five
years ago. The nice thing about this place is that you can be a hermit or be active. I’m active all the time and have even attended several national Elks conventions. One of the best features of the Home is the staff. These people are dedicated, and they’re very, very good at their jobs.”
With more than two hundred acres of land, a seven-hole golf course, and a fishing pond, the Elks National Home is a beautiful place to retire.
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