聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Grace Chase of Canora celebrated her 100th birthday on January 20 with family members at her Park Place residence in Canora.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 But one party apparently wasn鈥檛 enough because the next day she held another birthday party where fellow Park Place residents were invited.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Chase was excited to receive birthday greetings from Queen Elizabeth II, Governor General Julie Payette, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Premier Brad Wall.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Grace Evelyn Chase was born in 1918, about 10 miles north of Stenen to Floyd and Hazel Washburn (nee Claypool), the eldest of eight children. After attending Ormsby School to Grade 8, she married Fred Chase in 1936. He passed away in 1969.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 They raised four children: Dennis (Helen), Shirley (Ken MacNaughton), Linda (Richard Hamilton) and Ronnie (Lorane).
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Chase enjoys spending time with her 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Her second marriage was to Merle Tanton, who died in 1988.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 She initially retired to Sturgis, before moving to her present residence in Canora, where she remains quite active.
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 Her favourite activities include baking bread, tending to her vegetables and flowers on her patio in summer, reading, playing cards, checking Facebook and receiving emails, and watching TV (she never misses an episode of Judge Judy).听听听听
听听听听听听听听聽聽聽 When asked about her secret to long life, she modestly stated, 鈥淛ust luck!鈥�
