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- He goes by "Ed".
My dad passed away in April of 2012. He had a fall due to what seemed like a heart attack and had irreversible heart and brain damage so he was put on hospice.
My mother's middle name originally was Clair but used her maiden name as her middle name after marriage - Elseroad. Ruth never had children and her middle name is Elaine. (Susan G. Drollinger-Connor Dec 11, 2013)
ED S DROLLINGER
1535 CARIBBEAN WAY
LAGUNA BEACH, CA 92651 County (949) 494-6465
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Edward S Drollinger, Class of 1943
The Laguna Beach Independent
January 29, 2010
Seniors Welcome Expanded Meal Service
By Ted Reckas
Ralph "Dutch" Vanderhoof gets Meals on Wheels in his Laguna Beach home, in addition to help from family members and neighbors. Meals on Wheels is expanding its services to about 50 home-bound Laguna Beach seniors and will deliver three meals per day, instead of two, as well as on weekends and holidays, beginning next Monday, Feb. 1
The service fills an indispensable gap for seniors who are no longer able to shop and cook, but want to remain in their own homes.
Kit Drollinger, an 83-yearold Laguna resident dining on Meals on Wheels fare for three years, said if she didn't get the service, "I don't know what I'd do."
Drollinger suffers from glaucoma and macular degeneration. After an unsuccessful surgery to correct it, she has lost her sight and doesn't go out much. Her husband Ed remains quite active, going to the Susi Q Center, Village Laguna meetings and other activities, but doesn't cook. Their 53-year-old daughter Susan, who lives in Portola Hills, cooks meals every other weekend. But it's not enough.
"Sometimes I have Ensure," Kit said. "I like Ensure. We'd probably have Stouffer's frozen stuff if we didn't get the meals."
Ralph "Dutch" Vanderhoof, another Laguna Beach senior, lives alone since his wife died several years ago. Though he has a nephew who regularly stays with him and cooks meals, and neighbors help out, Meals on Wheels has been indispensable to him.
Asked if he cooks, Vanderhoof replied, "No, I defrost," referring to frozen meals the service provides in addition to hot ones. "I think (the food) is fine," he added.
The service is free, although those who can pay $5.50 per day for the cost of the meals. Fewer people are able to pay, as the economic downturn has chewed up disposable income.
Top, Ed and Kit Drollinger have dined on Meals on Wheels for about three years. Bottom, Alayne de-Recat of San Juan Capistrano has been delivering meals to Laguna Beach Seniors for 10 years, through St. Catherine's School volunteer program. "It has pushed people over the edge. They were coping before but they can't now; they can't make due," said Judy Denton, a case manager at Laguna Beach's Susie Q Senior Center, where about 35 lunches are served daily to seniors who can come downtown. More of her clients now welcome Meals on Wheels deliveries to stretch their budgets. "Now it's a necessity. Their SSI (Supplemental Security Income) was cut, so Meals on Wheels is an alternative."
Denton added, "The acuity for people 50-60 needing help and meals has really gone up. They are more in the picture now than they ever were before." About 4,381 residents or 18 percent of the town's population are 62 and older, according to 2000 census information.
At the Susi Q Senior Center, more meals are being served than in recent years, but director Bea Field attributes it to the new facility, not economics. The same goes for overall participation in activities.
To qualify for the Meals on Wheels service, "clients need to be over 60, and incapable of shopping, cooking or looking after themselves," said Richard Arguile, the program manager for Age Well Senior Services, who manages meal programs for 11 cities in South Orange County, and works with Mission Hospital to administer the Laguna Beach program. The goal is to reach homebound seniors at high risk of inadequate nutrition; meals come from Langlois frozen food, based in Laguna Beach, he said.
When meals were provided by Mission Hospital's kitchen, they were not available on weekends and holidays. The change to Langlois increases capacity to cover those days now, according to Arguile, by providing pre-made meals on Friday that clients can eat over the weekend.
Meals on Wheels relies heavily on volunteers; the service needs seven drivers per day, five days per week. Arguile taps a roster of about 50-60 volunteer drivers to fill those slots every week. "It takes about a two hour commitment in the middle of the day," he said.
Alayne de-Recat of San Juan Capistrano, has been driving a route for 10 years, since her daughter was in kindergarten at St. Catherine's School and she became involved through their volunteer program.
"You get attached to your clients," she said, adding, "A lot of these people really want to stay in their homes. This is a great opportunity for them to do that."
The Baldwin Village, Hempstead Township, County of Nassau, NY, 1930 Census, enumerated on 16 Apr 1930, lists 'Edward Drollinger' as head of household, age 28 at last birthday, age 20 at time of first marriage and born in New York and his occupation was given as a 'Signalman - railroad'. Edward's father and mother are both listed as being born in New York. His wife is listed as 'Grace Drollinger' age 30 at last birthday, age 22 at time of first marriage and born in Canada. Grace's father and mother are both listed as being born in Canada. Edward and Grace are listed with their son, 'Edward Drollinger' age 4-6/12 (it appears to read "6/12") at last birthday and born in New York. Also listed is a 'boarder', 'Lewis McCarthy' age 21 at last birthday. No other family members appear to be listed.
(Transcription by David H. Drollinger 23 Aug 2008)
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1925 - 2012 (86 years)
