WHAT:   

In recognition of Veterans Day, The Dignity Memorial® network of 17 funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers in Houston and Brookdale Senior Living Inc. will host a luncheon for 400 people at the Norris Conference Center at City Centre. Invitations were sent to approximately 200 veterans. Many expected to attend are World War II veterans, including Owen Johnson, a flight crewman on a B17 Liberator who was captured by the Germans after his plane went down in the Black Sea. He remained a prisoner of war in Germany until the end of World War 11.

WHO:  

The keynote speaker will be Rear Admiral Thomas E. Ishee, Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike. Students from Houston’s acclaimed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts will perform.
Dignity Memorial invited veterans who are members of LIFT, a social support program that helps widows and widowers adjust to the loss of their spouses. Veterans who reside at Brookdale’s 24 senior living communities in the Houston area were also invited. All of the veterans will be honored during the luncheon.

Media is invited to attend and will be able to interview Mr. Johnson and other veterans at the event.

WHERE:

Norris Conference Center
816 Town and Country Blvd., #210
Houston, Texas 77024

WHEN:

Friday, November 11, 2016
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

About Dignity Memorial

The Dignity Memorial network consists of more than 2,000 funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers and is North America’s most trusted resource for funeral and memorialization services. Dignity Memorial providers offer an unmatched combination of products and locations serving families with care, integrity, respect and service excellence to celebrate each life like no other. For more information, visit www.dignitymemorial.com.

About Brookdale

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is the leading operator of senior living communities throughout the United States. The Company is committed to providing senior living solutions within properties that are designed, purpose-built and operated to provide the highest-quality service, care and living accommodations for residents. Currently Brookdale operates independent living, assisted living, and dementia-care communities and continuing care retirement centers, with approximately 1,114 communities in 47 states and the ability to serve approximately 107,000 residents. Through its ancillary services programs, the Company also offers a range of outpatient therapy, home health, personalized living and hospice services.