A resident of a Saskatoon retirement home celebrated a milestone birthday with her family on Sunday — while still maintaining social distance.
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is the not first that Clara Arnason, who turned 101 on March 29, has lived through. Arnason was born in Stockholm, Sask., in 1919, during the Spanish flu pandemic.
She went on to have seven children, two of whom live in Saskatoon. Both of those daughters and their families were able to give her some birthday cheer from the parking lot of the Preston Park II Retirement Residence.
They showed up to the facility with colourful posters and cards and sang Happy Birthday to Arnason, who watched from her balcony.