| Mrs.
Ruth Danridge Thompson founded Danridge Nursing Home under
the name of Glenwood Nursing Home in 1959 out of the need to
provide care for a then-neglected African-American senior
community in demand for quality residential care. The
facility expanded to the 1825 Oak Hill Avenue location in 1968
where it remained and was renamed Danridge Nursing Home until
1999.
Nineteen Ninety-Nine was
the pivotal year for Danridge. It moved into its newly
built facility of 28,000 square feet, with state of the
art equipment and the revised name of Danridge's Burgundi Manor.
Burgundi is the unique spelling of the color burgundy, which was
Mrs. Thompson's favorite color.
Mrs. Thompson died in
1985 and the operation was passed on to her daughter, Mrs. JoAnn
Green Blunt, R.N. and licensed Nursing Home Administrator.
Mrs. Blunt continues to provide comprehensive quality nursing
care to the Youngstown community. |
