Commun ty Matters Manor of the Plains
November 2016
The surprising secrets of some successful retirees If you’re in your 40s, 50s or early 60s, odds are you’d like to know what it takes to have a happy and successful retirement.To find out, a few authors — such as Wes Moss (“You Can Retire Sooner ThanYou Think”) and Bob Lowry (“Living a Satisfying Retirement”) — have surveyed retirees. And now Marc Diana, the Los-Angelesbased CEO of the new personal-finance site MoneyTips.com, has surveyed 510 retirees to learn the magic elixir. He published the findings in the free e-book, “The Retiree Next Door: Successful Seniors’ Surprising Secrets” (you can download it at the MoneyTips site). I spoke with Diana, a serial entrepreneur who also founded Savings.com, to find out what those surprising secrets were and what pre-retirees should do now if they want to join the club. I confess that the results did, indeed, surprise me. Highlights from my conversation with Diana: RETIREES continued on page 2
Manor of the Plains residents and veterans Dalbert Holman, left, and John Oringderff share stories about their service in World War II and the Korean War. Dalbert, a pilot, once flew John to Colorado Springs for surgery in his personal plane.
Pilot served his country and his community As a B-26 pilot in the Army Air Corps, Dalbert Holman flew more than 50 missions in the South Pacific during World War II. After he served his country, Dalbert came home to Dodge City and started serving his friends and neighbors with his own airplane. Dalbert had always loved flying, so when the war was on and he felt compelled to enlist, the fledgling air force was his first choice. He was proud to serve, and he received the Air Medal. “I was doing the right thing,” he said. After the war, Dalbert went into the reserves. He was called back to active duty when the Korean War began. When he was back home for good, Dalbert was hired by a local cattleman who had his own plane to fly him around the region for business. Soon, Dalbert bought his own sixpassenger plane and started his own business as a pilot for hire. But he also did favors for folks in town who needed to get somewhere fast. That included John Oringderff, who need to get to Colorado Springs for minor surgery about 25 years ago. When he was recovered and PILOT, continued on page 4