The Little Sisters of the Poor held a birthday parade to celebrate residents Kay Canyock’s 100th Birthday & Mary Sahayda’s 103rd Birthday.
203 years of life between the two of them!
Little Sisters residents lined up along the front circle waving to the cars with birthday girls Kay and Mary front and center at the main entrance!
Kay Canyock is celebrating her 100th Birthday on June 17th. Kay was born Kay Searle, on June 17, 1920 in Bristol, England. Every afternoon, you can find her having a proper English tea time at the Little Sisters of the Poor, where she has been a resident for seven years.
Mary Sahayda is celebrating her 103rd birthday on June 17th. She was born on June 17, 1917 in Pittsburgh, PA. Mary attended St. George Parish where she was known for famous pierogis!
At age 95, with little eyesight, she helped to make the pierogis by pinching them shut. It has been claimed that she made the best cabbage and cottage cheese pierogis at the parish. Mary also loves to play bingo at the Little Sisters and even has her bingo card memorized! She has been a resident for two years.
Mary Boburczak, of Ross, a Little Sisters of the Poor volunteer, decorates her car before driving in a parade to celebrate the birthdays and combined 203 years of life of Little Sisters of the Poor residents Kay Canyock, 100, and Mary Sahayda, 103, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Ann Doran, of Penn Hills, a Little Sisters of the Poor volunteer, decorates her car before driving in a parade to celebrate the birthdays and combined 203 years of life of Little Sisters of the Poor residents Kay Canyock, 100, and Mary Sahayda, 103, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Carol Reihart, a certified nursing assistant at Little Sisters of the Poor, places a birthday hat on the head of resident Kay Canyock before a parade to celebrate her 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Carol Reihart, a certified nursing assistant at Little Sisters of the Poor, and resident Kay Canyock wave to cars filled with family, friends, and volunteers during a parade to celebrate Ms. Canyock’s 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Little Sisters of the Poor resident Kay Canyock waves to cars filled with family, friends, and volunteers during a parade to celebrate her 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Carol Reihart, left in the front, a certified nursing assistant at Little Sisters of the Poor, and resident Kay Canyock, second from left in the front, wave to cars filled with family, friends, and volunteers during a parade to celebrate Ms. Canyock’s 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, right, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Maria DeSimone Prascak, of South Side Flats, who teaches an art class to residents of Little Sisters of the Poor, waves to residents as she drives in a parade to celebrate the birthdays and the combined 203 years of life of Little Sisters of the Poor residents Kay Canyock, 100, and Mary Sahayda, 103, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Family members of Little Sisters of the Poor resident Kay Canyock wave to her as they drive in a parade to celebrate her 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Family members of Little Sisters of the Poor resident Kay Canyock wave to her as they drive in a parade to celebrate her 100th birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Mary Sahayda, who turned 103 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Mary Sahayda, 103, center, reaches out to touch the hand of Mary Siweckyj (cq), right, of the North Side, a family friend who Ms. Sahayda used to make pierogis with at St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, during a parade to celebrate Ms. Sahayda’s 103rd birthday and the 100th birthday of fellow resident Kay Canyock at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.Little Sisters of the Poor resident Mary Sahayda, 103, gets a birthday hat from a nun before a parade to celebrate her 103rd birthday and the birthday of fellow resident Kay Canyock, who turned 100 on the same day, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.People drive a golf cart in a parade to celebrate the birthdays and the combined 203 years of life of Little Sisters of the Poor residents Kay Canyock, 100, and Mary Sahayda, 103, at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Brighton Heights.
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