Doctor, 88, dies, served elderly poor 42 years

Doctor Who Served Poor For 42 Years Dies At Age 88
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(Dr. Ronald) Zarlengo served unpaid as medical director as medical director for the Little Sisters of the Poor Mullen Home for the aged in northwest Denver.

He died Dec. 26. "He was very generous and all his brothers were generous," said Irene Zarlengo, widow of his brother, Arthur.

Zarlengo was "an old-fashioned doctor," said his niece, Dianne Zarlengo of Denver. "He made house calls, would get up at 2 in the morning to go see a sick patient and never turned anyone away because they couldn't pay," she said.

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The Little Sisters of the Poor were founded in France in 1839 when Jeanne Jugan opened her home to an elderly, poor, blind woman. Thereafter she dedicated herself to serving the aged poor and went begging through the streets to provide for them.

The congregation now serves the needy poor in 30 countries. The sisters operate 32 homes in the United States.

The order arrived in Denver December 1917 and welcomed their first resident three months later. Today a dozen nuns and a staff of 75 care for up to 70 low-income seniors in 19 independent living suites and 44 assisted living units.