One Of St Helen’s Oldest Residents Celebrates 105th Birthday In Rootin’ Tootin’ Style

Cecilia Jemitus, resident at St Helen’s Hall, Merseyside, part of Sandstone Care Group, has celebrated her 105th with a western style party with family and friends at the care home.

She celebrated her big birthday surrounded by guests in cowboy hats and boots.

The team at St Helen’s bought her balloons and even a cake with her face on it and received a birthday card from the King and Queen, adding to her collection of royal birthday wishes.

Born on Liverpool’s Dock Road in 1920, Cecilia has lived an extraordinary life. One of eight children, she served as a fire warden during World War II, bravely throwing sand over incendiary bombs to protect her community and country during the war.

She married Alexander, with whom she had two daughters, Patricia and Anne. After Alexander’s passing when the girls were young, Cecilia devoted herself to raising her family, never remarrying. Over the years, her family has grown to include four granddaughters, four great-granddaughters, and two great-grandsons, all of whom she speaks to regularly and attended her birthday bash.

Cecila shared that she thinks the secret to old age is her love of broccoli and stressed the importance of eating healthy. She also expressed her happiness at St Helen’s Hall and has called it her home for many years and was made to feel incredibly special and loved on her birthday and wouldn’t have wished to celebrate it anywhere else.

Jackie Smith, wellbeing Co Ordinator at St Helen’s Hall said:
“We’re so happy to be celebrating Cecilia’s birthday here at the home. It was so lovely to celebrate such a remarkable woman, and we wish her very happy birthday and many more to come!”