Juniper Resident, Paul Reese celebrated his 100th Birthday
on September 19, 2014. Mr. Reese has been a resident at Juniper Village
for the last six years and is quite spry in his golden years. From
driving a car to bailing hay at the family farm to this day, he continues to
live life to the fullest and is still going strong. He attributes his
strength to a good country living and his daily resistance band workouts.
Family and friends gathered at Juniper on his birthday to not
only celebrate but reminisce through the years of Paul’s life. Paul’s first
car was a 1930 Ford Coupe. This was disclosed in a previous interview
about Paul in the Meadville Tribune. A local community resident, Mark
Kilburn and Paul’s niece Lori Soff had a vision to see that Paul had the
opportunity to go for a ride in his first car on his birthday. With
multiple hands, the vision became a reality and Paul received his ride in a
restored 1930 Ford Coupe driven by Les Meacham. “It made me feel so young
again,” stated Paul.
In addition to the car ride, Paul also received a Proclamation
from Senator Bob Robbins office and the Mayor of Meadville, Christopher
Soff. September 14, 2014 was officially named “Paul
Reese” day in the city of Meadville. All the residents and associates,
along with Paul’s family enjoyed a slide show created by Executive Director
Jennifer Musone. The slide show displayed photographs of Paul from
infancy through his 100th Birthday as the song “Through the
Years” by Kenny Rogers played. Special historical facts about the year
1914 and cake were enjoyed at the continual celebration.
We were all truly blessed to be able to celebrate this special
day with Paul and look forward to many more upcoming one hundred birthday
celebrations.
