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A Community Paper sharing the stories of the largest not-for-profit continuing care organization in Atlantic Canada Spring 2022
Volume 04, Issue 01
A love to last a lifetime When Camille Sherman (Gimblett) started volunteering with Northwood she had no idea she would meet the love of her life, Marvin Sherman. “Back when I was volunteering in Homecare with Northwood I was talking to Shirley Burnstein (Northwood Players music director) one day and this man walked by with a luggage bag, I asked ‘Who is that man?’ She said, if you want to get to know him you should join the Northwood Players, so I did,” says Sherman. From that point on, Sherman began a friendship with “the man with the luggage bag.” They performed together with the Northwood Players and attended dances together. “We used to sneak out to the fire escape and steal a few
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kisses until we got caught,” says Sherman. “They told us we couldn’t do that anymore.” In a 1994 interview Sherman said, “I saw him sing at a concert four years ago and later, I heard him sing again and wanted to tell him how wonderful he sounded. He thanked me.” She added, “we met again in the Northwood Tea Room and discovered we could make music together.” Their friendship blossomed into a relationship that lasted
until he passed away a few years ago as a Northwood resident where Sherman now lives. “He had dementia but my lasting memory and the best memory I have is of his last birthday party,” says Sherman. “I put on a karaoke party and for a moment when he sang his favourite song, Danny Boy, his memory returned and he knew every word, music really is a healer.”
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Their whole life revolved around Northwood with their wedding taking place at Northwood Manor in 1994 surrounded by Northwood staff, residents and the Northwood Players. The Northwood Players planned the entire wedding, Burnstein, even made Sherman’s headpiece. Camille sang in choirs as a child growing up in Dartmouth and sang with the Dartmouth Choral Society. Today she is part of the ukulele group at Northwood’s Halifax location and takes the time to help teach others how to play ukulele.
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