Meet Our Residents
At NRC, our residents are energetic, active and engaged members of our both our community and the greater Northfield community. They represent a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and come from around the corner and around the world.
We invite you to meet just a few of our residents:
Meet Brynhild
From ParkView West
Brynhild Rowberg
Engaged Citizen, Lifelong Learner
Many people at Northfield Retirement Community – and throughout Northfield – know the story of Brynhild “Brynnie” Rowberg. Read More »
Meet Lillian
From SouthView Suites
Lillian Jacobson
Lillian Jacobson likes to point out to CEO Kyle Nordine that she’s tried all the living options that Northfield Retirement Community offers, except the new Northwood Pines assisted living residences. Read More »
Meet the Hansens
From ParkView West
Bob and Betty Hansen
When Bob and Betty Hansen moved to ParkView West four years ago, it was like coming home. Bob served as pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Northfield from 1962 to 1977, and Betty was a secretary at St. Olaf College for the last seven of those years. Read More »
Meet the Braatens
From ParkView West
Arndt and Hazel Braaten
Arndt and Hazel Braaten have spent a good deal of their lives nearly as far as possible from Northfield, Minnesota: in Madagascar, the island nation off Africa’s southeast coast. Arndt was born and grew up there, the son of Norwegian-born American missionaries. Read More »
Meet Lila
From ParkView West
Lila Esse
Lila Esse has lived in Minnesota all her life, but has lived in Northfield only since last summer when she moved to Northfield Retirement Community from her home in Hayward, Minn. Read More »
