Foothills Sentry October 2020

Foothills Sentry October 2020 Page 23 WE ARE OPEN! The Hidden Jewel welcomes the public to visit its many merchants, eateries & professionals in the Villa Park Towne Center. Bagel Me Coffee Grove Dunkin’ Donuts El Ranchito Cocina First Class Pizza Rockwell’s Subway The Post Yang Ming Eateries - City Services Chauser & Company Chorbagian Tax & Investments Clinical Aesthetics Club Pilates Club Skin Gym Diane Cole, Ph.D. Elite Nail and Spa Farmers Insurance Financial Growth Management Freeman & Freeman, CPA GLO Nails Jewelry Designs by Steven Mr. Best Cleaners Parlee Chiropractic Peak Performance Gym Pink Laundry Ralph’s Stamos & Stamos, CPA State Farm Insurance Suzie’s Beauty Supply The Flowery The Laylow Barber Shop The Strength Co. The Thomas Group UPS Store Villa Park Animal Clinic Villa Park Dental Center Villa Park Medical Villa Park Optometry Villa Park Pharmacy Villa Park Smiles Wayne’s Liquor Young American Salon Bank of America Chase Bank Union Bank Wells Fargo Bank Villa Park City Hall Villa Park Library Services & Retail Villa Park Towne Center Arlene Estelle Springe 1935-2020 Arlene Estelle Springe, 85, died of natural causes on Aug. 27 in her Villa Park home, surrounded by her four children and the wife of her deceased son. Arlene was born in Chicago in 1935 toAlex and Barbara Mundo. Arlene married Fred Springe in Chicago in 1954. Fred passed away in 2004, a few months be- fore their 50th wedding anniver- sary. Arlene and Fred Springe moved to Baltimore soon after they were married. In 1957, the Springes moved to Culver City. The Springe family purchased their first home in Anaheim in 1959, and moved to their current home in Villa Park in 1969. Arlene was a devoted mother and a fabulous cook, known for offering individual members of her family whatever they want- ed for breakfast each morning. When the children entered their late teens, Arlene volunteered to stand in line for them, while the kids were in school, in order to buy their tickets for rock con- certs, always making new friends with the young people in line with her. Arlene and Fred Springe greatly enjoyed entertaining, and everyone always had great food and conversation at social events that the Springes hosted in their home. In 1987, Fred and Arlene moved to Australia for a year and a half for his job at Rockwell. She especially loved living in Sydney, where she had a view of both the famed Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Bridge. Arlene loved to travel through- out the world, and in the course of her life visited countries in Eu- rope, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. She eventu- ally implemented a plan, after Fred’s death, to take each of her grandchildren on an international trip, and took grandchildren on tours of Australia, Italy, Germany, France and England. Arlene spent many years as a volunteer fundraiser for Anaheim Memorial Hospital, including time spent managing the hospital gift shop. She also served in sev- eral volunteer positions at Trinity Episcopal Church in Orange. Ar- lene was a voracious reader. She loved good food, and her extensive international travel made her very knowledgeable of international cuisine. For exam- ple, many of her family members and friends first learned details about sushi fromArlene and Fred, who discovered it on a 1972 trip to Japan. If Arlene recommended a restaurant, you could count on it. Her humor and "sass" now come up in notes of condolence and in celebrating her life, from grandchildren to children to friends. She had that wonderful Chicago way of being frank, ir- reverent and funny, all at the same time. Arlene was always interested in what you had to say, always re- membered your story and always welcomed hearing your latest news. Arlene was great fun to be around, and was very generous in her time and resources with fam- ily and friends. She lived a big life, working hard to raise five wonderful children, while also taking time to volunteer to help others. She taught everyone, by exam- ple, how to live life with many ad- ventures, great food, great humor, great conversation and a lot of love. Her family and friends will miss the constant, warm beam of her love, and the great fun and joy of her company. She is survived by her daugh- ters Debra Springe-Kilroy (John) of Orange and Barbara Kilroy (Jim) of Santa Barbara; sons Fred Jr. (Keyla) of Paso Robles and Erik (Stacey) of American Can- yon; deceased son Kirk’s wife Suzan Springe of Riverside; 11 grandchildren; one great-grand- child; and her second husband Fred Whitaker. Arlene married Fred Whitaker in 2009. Due to the pandemic, grave- side services for Arlene will be open only to family members. A celebration of her life is planned for 2021, when we can all safely gather together again. In lieu of flowers, the Springe family requests donations be sent to Arlene’s Team to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: https://pages.lls.org/ltn/ ocie/orangeco20/team-arlene. Elks Lodge Beacon Grant helps nonprofits in need This year, the Orange Elks have cancelled two of their favorite events, the Down Syndrome As- sociation of Orange County (DS- AofOC) family picnic and the Eli Home (a shelter for abused chil- dren) Thanksgiving celebration. Because of the Coronavirus, fundraising for nonprofits has been difficult. Orange Lodge 1475 was awarded a Beacon Grant from Elks Community In- vestments Program for $3,500 and presented checks to DSAo- fOC and The Eli Home, each for $1,750. The Elks will miss seeing the smiles at the DSAofOC picnic and Eli Home Thanksgiving cele- bration, but knowing that the Elks are helping in some way makes this is a great day in Elkdom. Beacon Grant funds were presented to the Eli Home, above, left to right, Elks Bill Brogdan, Danny Salas; Eli Home Executive Director Lorri Galloway holding Lil Elroy; Beata Lichtenstein and Mike Cash. The Elks Beacon Grant, present- ed to the DSAofOC, left to right, Elks Rosie Cash, Linda Salas, Exalted Ruler Danny Salas, DS- AofOC Executive Director Kel- lie Perez and her daughter Alex holding Lil Elroy, Mike Cash and Rick Ellifritt.