“Remarkable’ centenarian is honored with a parade
If it hadn’t been for the car parade that drove past Edith Jarsocrak’s house, her 100th birthday Thursday might have seemed the same as any other day.
The Wyomissing centenarian spent the morning cleaning as usual.
When asked what she planned for the rest of her special day, Jarsocrak answered, “Oh, I don’t know; I already cleaned two bathrooms,” her niece Pat Moser said.
Moser called her aunt “remarkable,” noting that though Jarsocrak lives with her son, Ted Jarsocrak, she still does most of her own cleaning and cooking.
Ted Jarsocrak said his mother likes to keep active, but has mostly stayed home since the outbreak of the coronavirus locally.
“She keeps in touch with family and friends through phone calls,” he said, adding that Moser and his mother chat at least once a week.
The family had planned a big picnic with friends and extended family, he said, but canceled it due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The car parade helped to make their small family celebration more festive, he said.
About 10 decorated vehicles, escorted by a Wyomissing police car, drove by Edith Jarsocrak’s home to mark the milestone. Casting off her earlier Cinderella
role, she acted the part of queen for the day.
Enthroned in a lawn chair with a paper tiara on her head, she smiled and waved as friends and family tooted horns and called out good wishes.
“Mostly, she was just surprised by all the attention,” Ted Jarsocrak said of his mother. “She enjoyed it.”
When asked what she planned for the rest of her special day, she answered, “Oh, I don’t know; I already cleaned two bathrooms,”