Page 7 - Bella Vista Gardens Newsletter Winter 2018

7 BELLA VISTA NEWS, WINTER 2018

Happy Birthday

June/July
1 June Phyllis L.

12 June Dorothy T.

1 July Ruth E.

1 July Harold G.

7 July Margaret S.
Meet Elsa Geale
9 July Marcia K.
18 July Gladys A.
Elsa and her husband Harold University. Elsa remembers the
18 July Denys C.
made Bella Vista Gardens their first day arriving at the
19 July Hilda S. home in March 2017. A lady of university wearing a demure
tremendous style and vivacity, dress with a peter pan collar. All
20 July Frances G. Elsa has led an interesting life the boys were sitting up the
and has devoted herself to her back watching all the “good
23 July Muriel C.
family and also her teaching sorts” arriving. Harold Geale
career. The eldest daughter of apparently was so impressed
29 July Christa B.
Nino and Doris (Tuccia) with Elsa he dropped his pencil!
31 July Pauline W. Gremmo, Elsa was born in 1937. One thing led to another and
Elsa’s father, Nino, worked in the couple married in August
August the wool business and the 1958. In the same year, Elsa
family were living a comfortable began her first year of teaching,
1 August Ken B.
life in Elizabeth Bay. The war a career that she followed with
broke out and everything great passion right up to her
3 August John L.
changed. Nino was interned into retirement in 1990. Baulkham
7 August Ian T. a camp in Orange, then Hay and Hills Primary School was lucky
finally to Loveday, South enough to have Elsa as their
14 August Samira T. Australia, where he remained librarian for 22 years. She
until the end of the war. It was a created a very special, magical
14 August Domenica R. difficult time for Elsa, her sister place for children to come and

and her mother with Nino away. enjoy the world of books. Elsa’s
23 August June L.
The family finally settled in passion for art is obvious and
25 August Lillian L. Turramurra with help from St reflected in her own art
Vincent De Paul and Elsa collection which is on display
29 August Elaine K. commenced school at Waitara. here at Bella Vista Gardens.
Elsa learned to be independent Artefacts from New Guinea
and responsible at an early age provide great talking points!
when she was thrust into Both Harold and Elsa realised
catching the train to and from recently that their “bodies
North Sydney to attend school. needed help” and their son,
With Nino’s release from Justin, brought them to tour
internment the family moved Bella Vista Gardens. They very
about quite a bit. Upon quickly decided that it was the
completing her leaving place for them!
certificate, Elsa gained a
scholarship to attend Sydney