When kind neighbors learned that the wife of a veteran had just lost her husband, and was about to become homeless, they came together to rebuild and remodel her condemned home.
Gean LeVar was happily married for 58 years to her husband, a Navy veteran, and lived in a small community in Glendale, Arizona. As the years went by and as the couple became older, the labor involved in taking care of their home became increasingly difficult, and many needed repairs to their home were unable to be completed.
Gean’s husband recently passed, and when police came to her home, they found that the house itself was in such a run down condition that it posed a serious risk, and they were forced to condemn the home. In a short amount of time, Gean had lost her husband, and was about to lose her home.
Seeing the emergency vehicles outside, a neighbor that barely knew Gean, Carmen Silva, walked over to her house to see what was happening. Once she learned of Gean’s situation and of her condemned home, she felt a deep compassion for her neighbor, and committed to helping her get through it.
As Gean now had nowhere to live, Carmen told her she could stay with her and her family. She made a bed for her boys on the couch and gave Gean their room until they could figure out how they could help her.
I’ve always taught my kids to take care of their elders,” Carmen said of the situation.
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