Carol Arbuckle:  

CLASS OF 1965
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Detroit, MI

Carol's Story

Graduated from Henry Ford high school in 1961. I achieved an RN /BSN from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan in 1965. I moved from Detroit, MI in 1966 to Oklahoma, and attended the Nazarene University in Bethany Oklahoma. my plan was to become a missionary nurse. I met my soon to be husband the first day I arrived in Bethany, Oklahoma, January 1, 1966. we returned to Detroit Michigan to be married in June 1966. We started our family and 1971. We had four children, three girls, and a boy. We divorced in 1986 and I raised the children by myself from the ages of 6,8,10 &12. They are all grown and successful in their own careers. Not one of them ever disappointed me. I worked as an RN for 43 years. I’ve been blessed in so many ways. I accepted the Lord is my savior when I was 14 years old. My grandma was a first generation Nazarene. She lived with us and was a big influence on my life. My uncle was a Nazarene minister in Berkley, Michigan. I lived in my house for 53 years. In 2021 I moved to Southern Plaza independent living retirement center in Bethany Oklahoma. I’ve now been there two years. The beauty of living here is that I can help many lonely people not to feel so alone. That makes me so happy because I had to retire from working as an RN, because of the damage in ...Expand for more
my joints of all the lifting, pushing, and pulling that nurses do every day. I was so sad that I had to stop doing what I was called to do as a young girl. I am so grateful to be able to travel now so that I can visit my two famies that live out of state. I’m so grateful that I have two that live in the Oklahoma City area. I have six grandchildren and don’t get me started on how wonderful they are, or I might just go on and on. I’m free to travel now. I’m going on a trip this coming Monday to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to spend time with my daughters family who lives in Birmingham for 5 days and then my sister who has a condo in Buena Vista Florida near Naples, Florida, on the gulf side of the state. I’ll be there 6 days. My life has not been easy by the world’s standards. But, I’ve lived my life for the Lord and service to the less fortunate as a nurse. Being a nurse was always my calling from the age of five years old. I have lots of girlfriends, and we do stuff together, my siblings, and I have taken three cruises together. I was able to go with one of my girlfriends to Alaska,. we took a road trip all over Alaska. I don’t consider myself lucky or sad about my divorce . I know by the grace of God I have been blessed and I’ve lived a life that makes me feel very fulfilled.
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