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Mina “Mimi” Minton Paterno Schultes • Dated August 2002
I visited Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with my parents (Helen and Carlo Paterno) when I was young and vowed that this would be my home someday. I was the tomboy and youngest of their three daughter and always loved the outdoors. My heart and should have always remained in the Teton Mountain. So Bill and I moved out West from Florida in 1980 and started a Bed & Breakfast business, “Heck of a Hill Homestead.” We raised rabbits, goats, horses, pigs, chickens, turkeys, dogs, cats and various other animals. We prepared special meals for our guests and a favorite was “ravioli” made with our goat ricotta cheese, ground rabbit meat and spinach from our gardens. We had a wonderful experience meeting people from all over the world. We have gone full circle and also now have a condo in Ft. Lauderdale so I now say that I have gone from “Earth Mother” to “Diva!” Having such diverse homes in both locations is really a dream come true. I am interested in painting, computer graphics, hiking, snow boarding, tennis, SCUBA diving and, of course, my granddaughters! Bill and I have a fantastic union of almost 30 years. He is a Marine Corps veteran of Viet Nam where he received a Purple Heart. Hi is involved in Real Estate and the stock market. We are each other’s best friends.
I don’t remember my paternal grandparents as Nana (Minnie Minton Middaugh) had passed away before I was born and Grand Daddy (Dr. Charles V. Paterno) died when I was just a baby. Their memories were kept alive, however, through personalized trunks filled with photos and memorabilia which each us received on our 18th birthday. I plan to keep this tradition alive. The happiest I remember Dad was when he was mowing the fields at old Meadow Lane Farm. He let me ride on the fender of the tractor and we shared some special times. Mom was always content being on the water and we had some great sailing adventures. I guess I have inherited these characteristics.
I remember hearing a story about how Dad had wanted this beautiful and expensive thoroughbred horse and since he couldn’t justify spending the money, he decided to give it to my Mom on her birthday in August. He knew that she wouldn’t be able o ride the spirited mount and that eventually the horse would become his. Alas, when his birthday came around in November, Mom gave him an elaborately wrapped box and inside was a beautiful sable stole. Justice had been served!
Dad was the Master of fox Hounds in North Salem for quite a few years and I remember so many frosty mornings when the two of us would saddle up to join the hunt. He was always in the lead and I would be at the end on my trust Welsh pony “Happy.” We competed in the matched pair classes at the local horse shows. Dad and I won a few ribbons, he on his big white horse “Angel” and I on my little pony.
Dad always enjoyed shopping for Christmas gifts for his wife and three girls so every Christmas we received sumptuous lingerie from Saks 5th Avenue (Dad enjoyed attending their Men’s night out!) Some joke gifts were a huge box of tape, label, etc. from 3M, and a gigantic….
Page 417: …bottle of Lavoris cinnamon mouthwash as he had stock in those companies! The Christmas I really recall was one when Dad and some of the fam hands brought in a tremendous tree that Mom had selected. Unfortunately they dragged it through the dogdoo so the whole holiday the house smelled of Pine-Sol and poo. Yuk!
Dad’s favorite color was yellow and he (usually wearing yellow socks and matching shirt) enjoyed his eggs every morning. he would have them friend and would eat the whites first so he could scoop the you up in one bite! Then he would say that the plate didn’t need to be washed! Cappy [David L. Cappiello, Jr.], his grandson, eats his eggs this way too! While we lived on old Meadow Lane Farm, Dad would supply our school, Rippowam in Bedford Hills with their eggs. He would drive his Rolls Royce with the trunk loaded with cartons of eggs every morning. I would hide in the back seat, as I was so embarrassed. Being in the “fancy” car caused my embarrassment not delivering the eggs!
Dad’s favorite tree was the Ginko. He planted a small saplings at the old farm and said that someday he would sit in the shadow of the lucky Ginko. It was always skinny.
Dad had a fantastic sense of humor and was always the jokester. On his 85th Birthday party he greeted guests while holding a champagne glass with a plastic eyeball floating in it. He managed to keep one eye closed all the time.
William Berthold Schultes
William Berthold Schultes was born November 10, 1978, in Ft. Walton Beach, FL, as the son of William Vincent Schultes and Mina Minton Paterno. “Bert,” as he was best known, spent his early years in the mountains of Jackson Hole where he found his love for the outdoors and spirit of adventure.
Sports were always a big part of his life as he was growing up. He was a member of the U.S.Junior National Snowboard team, competed on the professional snowboard tour at the age of sixteen and was the number one ranked junior tennis player in Wyoming.
Bert continued his thrust for knowledge at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and an M.S. in Telecommunications. During his college years, Bert spent a great deal of time exploring. He spent a semester studying on a steamship as it circle the globe. He lived in Tokyo, Japan while he worked and attended school. Bert is currently workin for GE Financial in their Leadership Development Program where for the next two years he will be traveling while working on rotational assignments.
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