Brandon Miller has been spending summers at Hamilton Lake since 1974, when his parents first bought their lake home. Year after year, the lake became a central part of his life and family traditions. In 2020, Brandon and his family chose to make Oakwood Park their permanent home, carrying forward the memories of his childhood summers into their everyday life on the lake.

Fritzi Nodine has spent her summers at Hamilton Lake for as long as she can remember. Her family’s connection to Oakwood Park began when her grandparents rented cottages while their children were young. In 1976, she married Duane, a second-generation Oakwood Park family member, and together they purchased their own cottage in 1985, later building a permanent lake home in 2002.

Sheryl Myers and her late husband Steve added a second Oakwood cottage in 2009, continuing a long family tradition. Their original white cottage was purchased by Steve’s grandparents, Stephen and Ida Panasuk, in the 1940s and shared for many years by their four children—Margaret, Anna, Bob, and Helen. In the early 1980s, Helen bought out her siblings and later passed the cottage on to Steve & Sheryl. Today, five generations of the family have enjoyed time in Oakwood Park.

Steve David’s parents moved to Hamilton Lake in 1970 to join the rest of the family, who had already been enjoying summers there since the early 1960s, gathering for holidays, weekends, and family traditions that made the lake a central part of their lives. He has been residing in Oakwood Park on and off since 1981 and permanently since 1992.

Jon is a third-generation homeowner in Oakwood Park. His grandfather, Silas Nodine, purchased Oakwood property in 1959, and Jon’s family has been part of the Oakwood community ever since. Today, Jon’s primary residence is in Carmel, Indiana, with his wife and two children, but the family continues to spend most of their weekends at Hamilton Lake.