- Four women who graduated high school together in the 1950s have reunited in a senior living community, becoming the modern-day Golden Girls.
- Joan Harris, Elsie Webb, Sylvia Crane, and Mary Grace Tassone have been living at Atria Senior Living in Grass Valley, California, for the past year.
Four California women have been compared to the Golden Girls after meeting at a senior living community 75 years after they attended school together.
Joan Harris, Elsie Webb, Sylvia Crane, and Mary Grace Tassone have been living at Atria Senior Living in Grass Valley, California, for the past year.
The four women graduated from Mount Saint Mary Academy in the 1950s and went their separate ways following careers and families, including 12 children between the four, it reported. Good morning america.
Crane was the last of the group to move into the housing community in July and said she felt a sense of relief seeing the familiar faces of her friends.
“When I walked into the dining room, all three of them were there, it was a nice feeling,” he said.
Joan Harris, Elsie Webb, Sylvia Crane, and Mary Grace Tassone have been living at Atria Senior Living in Grass Valley, California, for the past year.
Sylvia Crane (left) was the last of the group to move into the living community in July and said she felt a sense of relief seeing the familiar faces of her friends.
Mary Grace Tassone (right) has lived in Atria Senior Living, the longest of the group, for the past three years.
Harris moved in last May and said he immediately recognized Tassone sitting in the lobby.
“They were friendly faces in a strange place, friendly faces that I knew who they were and I knew their background,” Harris said.
“I didn’t have to explain anything that happened in my life, they already knew.”
Tassone has lived in Atria Senior Living, the longest of the group, for the past three years.
The women get together for different activities such as movie nights and musical performances, as well as remembering their school memories.
“We’ve talked about different things since high school,” Crane said. ‘We had a little old nun who made root beer every night. And every noon, she would take the root beer out of the basement, ring a little bell, and we would all have our quarter for our mug of root beer.
Their living situation is reminiscent of the hit television show The Golden Girls, about four single older women living together in their golden years. The group said they like to call themselves ‘Silver Girls’.
The four women graduated from Mount Saint Mary’s Academy in the 1950s and went their separate ways.
The women get together for different activities such as movie nights and musical performances, as well as remembering their school memories.
The women told CBS Sacramento that they meet at the dining room table three times a day.
Harris said, “It’s nice to meet someone here.” Really is. Someone who knows you a little and knows what you’ve been through.
“Hold on to the friends you have because you don’t know how long they’re going to be here.”
Her living situation is reminiscent of the hit television show The Golden Girls, about four single older women who live together in Miami during their golden years.
Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Estelle Getty and Rue McClanahan, the comedy was a huge hit and ran for seven seasons between 1985 and 1992.
Inspired by the iconic show, the Sacramento friends said they like to call themselves the ‘Silver Girls.’
Golden Girls icon Betty White died on New Year’s Eve 2021, just weeks before her 100th birthday, and was the last of the hit show’s four leads to die.