Sandy & Tom
Sandy was born and raised in the Greater St. Louis area, happily growing up on 3 acres with gardens and fruit trees surrounded by woods to explore with the neighborhood kids. After graduating high school she married Tom Melton and they raised 3 boys that she home-schooled through their elementary years. After the boys entered public school she used her clerical/bookkeeping skills at a large, strictly equine veterinarian clinic and hospital that she thoroughly enjoyed. Once the boys were out on their own she enjoyed more time for hobbies such as quilting, adventures in the travel trailer as well as some trips overseas. Faith, family and friends are a major part of her life.
It has been many years since the concept of cohousing first entered her realm of thought. After discovering it is a real thing and following it for 25 years, waiting for the right place and time, along popped up BVF! Puttering in a garden (farm), nature walks, exercise, making food, and eating together in the common house are just a few of the activities that she is looking forward to sharing with Tom while aging in place with Burns Village & Farm friends and neighbors.
Tom was born in Great Falls, MT, and spent the next 16 years as a military “brat” with stints at several Air Force bases in the U.S. and overseas in Japan and the Marshall Islands. After his father retired in 1965, St. Louis became home base and Tom has been there ever since. After college, earning a degree in education, he spent the next 30 years both in elementary teaching and administration. Along the way, he met and married Sandy and they raised 3 boys. Two of the three still live in the St. Louis area and are raising their own families.
Tom enjoys playing golf, reading, and puttering around. He likes classic cars (having owned 3 1960's Mustangs) and occasionally attending car shows. Also, like Sandy, he is a person of faith and a regular church attender.
Cohousing appeals to him for the intentional aspect of community; the impromptu connections and conversation over a cup of coffee, and the enjoyment of getting to know others beyond a surface level.
Forward Ho wagons!! (he also likes westerns!)