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7 BELLA VISTA NEWS, SPRING 2017
Meet a Resident and Birthdays

Happy Birthday

We wish the following residents
a very Happy Birthday:

September

1 Sept Elizabeth S
3 Sept Audrey P
Meet Laura Greco
7 Sept Rita H

10 Sept Margaret W Laura was born in Alexandria, through the ranks. During this
Egypt. Her father was Italian and time she met her husband at a
11 Sept Valerie C
her mother was Greek. They Fine Art Lovers Club where they
both moved to Egypt which is used to go and dance the tango
20 Sept Denis C
where they met and married. and rumba. Laura and Adolf
21 Sept Jennifer M She is the eldest of four, with were married with a huge
two younger brothers and a celebration in Matraville, where
October younger sister. They grew up in her mother had invited virtually
a time when they were building the whole suburb. They had 3
4 Oct Maisie R
the Suez Canal so it was very children, 2 boys and a 1 girl (who
much a cosmopolitan country became an angel at 12 months
5 Oct Eileen D
back then. old).
6 Oct Annabelle W
Laura started out her education They spent most of their time in
7 Oct Edward G in a French convent school and and around Sydney and
was later enrolled in a British eventually left their home in
22 Oct Mathew M
school. She speaks and Wollstonecraft for the hills of
26 Oct Joan S understands four different Cherrybrook. Laura retired at the
languages being Maltese, Italian, age of 55 and enjoyed knitting,
Patricia P & Greek and English and used to crocheting and solving word
27 Oct
William L also be fluent in French and puzzles. Her suite is adorned
Arabic. She has memories of her with many precious memories
31 Oct Edith I grandmother piercing her ears including photos of her snow
with a needle and a silk thread white Maltese terrier, Pebbles
November
when she was about 10 and at and her rescue puppy Sparkles.
11 Nov Laura G the age of 16 her family choose Photos of her beautiful family
to move to Australia where she stand proud, which is now
13 Nov Gwyn G celebrated her 17th birthday on growing larger by the day with 4
board the ship over. granddaughters, 1 grandson, 3
great granddaughters and 2
Laura worked for a number of great grandsons due late

different companies including, Nov/early Dec. She describes
as it used to be known, the herself as quite an uninteresting
Department of Consumer lady however I think you’d have
Affairs. Her multi lingual skills to agree – there is nothing
put her in high demand and she uninteresting at all about Laura
was shortly promoted up and her wondrous life.