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Legacy Residents at BTV Second-Generation Residents Follow Parents to Butterfield Butterfield Trail Village is seeing a growing number of new residents following in the footsteps of loved ones who also called the Village home.
Rockledge, Fla., they joined the BTV Carriage Club in anticipation of one day moving to Arkansas and making Butterfield their home.
In fact, BTV has more than 50 second-generation residents who are part of family legacies here at the Village. Many of these “legacy” residents planned ahead for retirement after seeing their parents thrive independently at BTV and receive a continuum of compassionate care at end of life.
“I was very familiar with Butterfield because my parents lived here, including my mother for 18 years,” said Linda, who serves on the BTV Resident Council. “I knew this was where I was going to retire, and I told my husband that. But Jim was a Florida boy and wasn’t so sure about moving to Arkansas. Everything changed when we came. He loved Arkansas and BTV.”
BTV Director of Marketing Kelly Syer said there is no greater endorsement than the confidence and praise that comes from family members of current and past residents. “We’re honored when people choose to make us a continued piece of their family’s own history,” Syer said. “They do so knowing and anticipating the many benefits and lifestyle they can expect, along with the peace of mind that comes from the caring and quality environment that defines Butterfield.” Each legacy resident has his or her own set of reasons for choosing retirement at Butterfield. But over time and generations, the core appeals of Butterfield remain unchanged: camaraderie among neighbors, compassionate staff, excellence in healthcare, and the security of lifetime skilled nursing care.
Linda’s parents, J. D. and Lola Mae McFarland, moved to BTV in 1989, three years after it opened. There were no Village Homes yet, and the couple lived in a new apartment on the second floor of the north building. J. D. died about four years after they moved in, but Lola Mae continued to live in their apartment until 2006 when she moved to Health Care. She died a few months later in January 2007. Linda oversaw her mother’s care from over 1,000 miles away in Florida and couldn’t have done it without the help of the caring professionals at Butterfield, she said.
Linda Pinkerton Kindness & Compassion Linda and Jim Pinkerton moved to Butterfield in 2016. “We came to BTV five years ago from Florida,” Linda said. “My late husband had some eye issues and was unable to drive. When I had to have shoulder surgery, we realized we should be somewhere where we could have transportation, so we decided moving to Butterfield was what we needed.” Although she was living in Florida, Linda grew up in Fayetteville and had made up her mind years earlier when her parents were residents at the Village that she would one day live at Butterfield, too. After Linda and Jim married in 2004 and settled in 6 BUTTERFIELD LIFE
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Linda Pinkerton
J. D. & Lola Mae McFarland
