Glenda Walkingstick
Founder & Administrator
Grew up on a farm near Park Hill, spent fifteen years as a nursing home social worker and opened Pawpaw Lane in 2012. She still keeps the collar of the dog that started it all.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, caregivers and leaders who stay, and who know every resident by name.
Our team
The people (and who they answer to)
Marcus Lee, RN
Director of Nursing
A Northeastern State nursing graduate with twelve years in geriatric care. He checks on every resident, then every dog.
Dr. Ray Thompson
Medical Director
A Tahlequah family physician who makes monthly rounds and likes to tell residents about his own beagles.
Amina Yusuf, LPN
Night Nurse
Keeps the house calm from ten at night until six. The cats follow her around on rounds.
Kayla Dreadfulwater
Animal Program Coordinator
A certified veterinary technician who keeps every animal healthy, vaccinated and well-mannered around residents.
Bernice Hayes
Head Cook
Turns eleven hens' worth of eggs into breakfast for thirty. Makes the best fry bread in the county, and will tell you so.
Tom Fourkiller
Life Enrichment Director
Plans the porch music, the garden and the pony days. He grew up two miles down the road.
Sample family reviews
From our families
Mama raised chickens her whole life. The first morning she came back from the coop with four eggs and told me she'd been 'put to work.' She was beaming.
Dad doesn't talk much anymore. But Shug sleeps on his feet every afternoon, and he talks to that dog for an hour.
They let Mom bring her old cat, Pepper. I don't think she'd have settled in without him.
Marcus called me at dinnertime to say my husband had a fever and the doctor had already been reached. Calm, clear and quick.
My grandpa was a cattleman. Pony day is the only time he stands up straight and starts giving orders again.
Dolly the goat ate my mother's crossword. Mom laughed so hard she cried. I hadn't heard her laugh like that in a year.
The Friday photo is the highlight of my week. Last week it was Grandma with a hen in each arm.
Glenda helped us apply for the ADvantage waiver and walked us through every step. We couldn't have done it alone.
Biscuit is waiting by the gate.
Call or text Glenda to set a time. Wear shoes you don't mind getting a little muddy.