
1912
The story behind our name
In 1903, the Evangelical Association set out to build a home for its aged members in one of its western states. Over eight years it considered and rejected nine sites. Then, in 1911, a gift arrived from an Iowa family: Henry Pfeiffer Jr. and Annie Merner, who attended the German Evangelical Church in Cedar Falls and married in 1882.
Western Home Communities was founded in 1912. Table 1912 carries the year in its name.

