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Utah Deaf Senior Citizens


Compiled & Written by Jodi Becker Kinner
Edited by Valerie G. Kinney


​Published in 2013

A group known as the Deaf Senior Citizens gathered to meet soon after the Utah Community Center for the Deaf opened in Bountiful, Utah in 1983.

A group of Deaf Senior Citizens is committed to making the most of their golden years. These citizens are given the chance to further develop talents that they demonstrated during their working years. Senior citizens who joined the organization early in the year were particularly gifted in the art of working with ceramics and paints. They benefited greatly from the skill they had cultivated, as did all those who were able to view their finished work. The Deaf Senior Citizens of Utah were the only organization dedicated to assisting the "old" years in becoming the "golden" years.​

Recreation, education, nutrition, medical, sociability, and dramatic/mime are all part of the Deaf Senior Citizens program today. Seniors take part in field trips and holiday celebrations. They improve their creative ability by participating in educational and beneficial classes in oil painting, sewing, and arts and crafts. They stay in shape by participating in workout courses and playing billiards. At the Utah Community Center for the Deaf in Bountiful, billards were played, but not at the Sanderson Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.


  • 1970's - Deaf Senior Citizens of Utah
  • 2004-2005 - Senior Citizens of Salt Lake (SCSL) & Card Club
  • 2006-2007 - Deaf Seniors of Utah (DSU)
  • 2010-2011 - Salt Lake Deaf Seniors (SLDS)
  • 2012-2013 - Wasatch Deaf Seniors (WDS) ​