Resident Of The Month

Anna Mae (Indvik) Orvick was born on August 4^th,1924 in Forest City, Iowa.  She lived in Forest City and attended Forest City Schools until 8^th grade then transferred to the Thompson School where she graduated High School.  After High School, Anna Mae worked at the telephone office in Forest City for 2 years then moved to California with her sister Margaret and her mother where they worked in an aircraft factory during the war.  They called themselves “Rosie the Riveters”.  She left California when the war was over and decided to do some traveling, so she went to California and New York where she worked as a waitress to earn money.  When her brother was home from the Air Force, she came back to Forest City to help him and started working at the telephone company again.  Anna Mae met her husband Manly (Bud) at the Surf in Clear Lake.  They lived in Britt on a farm then moved to an acreage in Kanawha where her husband worked for the county.  When her husband retired, they moved to town in Britt.  Anna Mae has 5 children and too many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to count. Anna Mae has lived at the Summit House for 8 years.  Congratulations Anna Mae on being Tenant of the Month!