Recognized by San Antonio Magazine in its "Best of the City 2019" edition, The Bold Life series celebrates some of our most fascinating guests. 

Note: The Rev. Arnold Moede passed away Aug. 24, 2018, one month after the passing of his wife of 69 years, Beth Louise Moede. Independent, insightful and forthright to the end, he was 92.   When Arnold Moede turned 88, he set his …

Retired Col. Don Hilkemeier and his future wife, Adana, both found making the phone call for a first date nerve-racking. Now, after 11 years of marriage, they always kiss goodnight. Looking back, it seems like they were destined to meet. The …

Bogner Stubbs, 92, took a chance on football and a girl. Both changed his life. The year was 1948. Stubbs, a high school coach, was supervising his team at a county tournament. When referees at the event introduced him to Willidean Ayers, a coach …

Dorris McCoy isn’t taking retirement sitting down. Nearly 90, she works out at a San Antonio YMCA almost every day, and she’s set her sights on walking her third 5K race. “I exercise to make me feel good,” she …

After his service in the U.S. Navy, Herb Gray missed the application deadline for Texas Tech University in Lubbock and instead enrolled at Trinity University in his hometown. He figured he’d transfer the following year. “But then I …

Hector Garza has met presidents and traveled the globe – all thanks to tamales. Born and raised in San Antonio, Garza took what he learned as a child working in his mother's tamale business and applied it to building a successful career …

Note: Thelma Holland, a woman who lived life with confidence, flair and passion, passed away in May 2018 at the age of 93. “Our fun, beautiful, shining matriarch has gone to be with God,” says her granddaughter Anya J. Holland. …