She’s still able to walk and get around,” Gary Voyten said. “Any time you get up into that age, it’s a blessing. We loved to go to Atlantic City,” Voyten said.Ī few years ago, after doctors recommended 24-7 care, she relocated from her 100-acre farm in Gilpin to Pine View. One of their favorite joint activities was visiting casinos. Voyten’s husband died in 2009 at the age of 90. “She also liked to cook Polish desserts and nut rolls.” “She made golumpki, and it was tasty and filling,” Gary Voyten said, referring to Polish cabbage rolls. Voyten said she enjoyed cooking and making soups for her family. They look after me,” said Voyten, a homemaker her entire life who always maintained a neat-as-a-pin house. Her other two sons are Raymond and David. Voyten’s son Paul died a few years ago from cancer. “She died the first time she rode on that motorcycle, and she was my only daughter,” Voyten said. Voyten said her daughter’s death in 1999 has been the toughest moment in her life. She trusts me to make decisions for her, and I’ve always tried to do the best for her,” said son Gary Voyten. “She is the oldest living one in her family. They settled in the coal-mining village of Kiskimere and raised five children, four sons and a daughter. The daughter of the late Eula and Merle Smith, Voyten grew up in Kittanning until the family relocated to the Leechburg area.Ī Leechburg Area High School alumna, Voyten married her late husband Andrew, a mechanic and electrician, in 1941. As for longevity, she has one secret: “Hard work.” She credits Pond’s face cream for her good skin. She takes numerous vitamins and enjoys salads, pasta and a little white wine. Apart from some knee pain, she enjoys generally good health. On Friday, Voyten reflected on her upcoming centenarian status. 21 - which is Presidents Day - with an Italian-themed dinner among 23 family members at Garda’s Restaurant in Ford City. Voyten plans to celebrate her 100th birthday Monday, Feb. The novelist Danielle Steel is a favorite. “I like to get my books at garage sales.” Voyten, an avid reader, spends the majority of her time with her nose in a book in her private room at Pine View Personal Care Facility in Parks Township. Sara Smith Voyten, a lifelong resident of Armstrong County, is about to add another chapter to the story of her life: turning 100.
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