Centenarians Invited to Birthday Celebration at Suncoast HospicePhotos/text by SANDI FAHY
Elsie Thompson of Clearwater, who turned 111 years old in April, waves to a friend after arriving at the Centenarian Celebration of Life Birthday Party hosted by Suncoast Hospice at the Hospice Community Service Center in Clearwater on May 6. Pictured with her are her caregivers, from left, Arlene Moorehouse, Susie Harper and Carol Stone. All Pinellas County residents who had reached 100 years of age or more were invited to attend the event, which featured food, entertainment, music and a giant birthday cake.
(from left) Joe Ashcraft, 102, and his wife Hazel of Clearwater are greeted upon arrival at the Centenarian Celebration of Life Birthday Party by Suncoast Hospice volunteers Lil Donahoe and Sandy Sandvil. Ashcraft was one of nearly 20 Pinellas County residents 100 years of age or older who were honored at the event, which took place at the Hospice Community Service Center last week.
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