FOUNDERS OF GLEN ELLYN FAMILY EYE CARE SHARE ON LIFE & LOVE
GLEN ELLYN–When their Optometry School Class attended a Chicago White Sox Game in 1980, John and Sylvia came as strangers and left as friends after sitting through 15 innings that afternoon. They subsequently married in 1986 at Our Lady of the Wayside in Arlington Heights.
Burdened with student loans and the joys of new home ownership, their budget was tight, but escaped to Door County for a quick honeymoon.
In 1993, they founded Glen Ellyn Family Eye Care to have flexibility in their schedules to be involved in their children’s active lives, as well as time to immerse themselves in the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club.
“We learn from each other and make each other better doctors,” Sylvia shares. “The one downside however is we may have discussed “eyeballs” at the dinner table too often. For that , I apologize to my long suffering children who had to listen to it.”
Clearly, the secret ingredient to their marriage is a good sense of humor, along with mutual respect, sharing commonalities, and having their own interests. Outside the Optometric Practice, Sylvia can be found at String Theory yarn store seeking knitting advice; or, as culinary assistant at Marcel’s in Glen Ellyn; while John might be strumming a guitar or fixing something.
He’s a “Big Picture” thinker, while she concentrates on the details. With two successful careers, two thriving adult children, two grandchildren, this couple has found that two heads are better than one and working together is the key to success.
