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They call her the epitome of a social butterfly — a woman whose smile is infectious, whose health is seemingly rock-solid, and whose ability to entertain a room with her piano-playing is dazzling.
And she’s no spring chicken. On Sunday, Ottawa-resident Eva Hutton turns 100. But she seems to have the energy of a woman half her age.
She also has the wisdom to know how to stay healthy and out of trouble.
Where does she find her joy these days?
“Staying well and keeping myself away from mischiefs,” she said in an interview Saturday. “I don’t get into any mischief.”
She laughs. There’s a slight twinkle in the eye. Apparently, she runs with the right crowd.
“I don’t like to hear these people cursing and swearing. I don’t get mixed up with that sort of thing.”
In other words, she lives a good clean life?
“Yeah, I do.
“I guess it’s good living. I looked after myself. Hardly had a doctor. You have to watch your diet. Don’t get overweight. Maybe it’s not that important. I don’t know — but I always thought it was.”
On Saturday, Hutton’s family and friends came together to celebrate her birthday with her at Embassy West Senior Living, a retirement home on Carling Avenue where she resides.
Hutton is becoming a member of that club of Canadians known as centenarians — those who have lived 100 years. In the 2011 Canadian census, there were 5,825 centenarians.
She was born on Aug. 3, 1914, during the First World War, in a small Quebec town north of Ottawa — one of 10 children in the family. Her father was a blacksmith.
In the past century, she has seen it all — the Great Depression and the Second World War; swing music and rock music; presidents and prime ministers from Roosevelt and Obama to Mackenzie King to Harper; the Golden Age of Radio to the digital Internet; the death of the horse-drawn carriage to the Apollo mission to the moon.
She married Cecil Hutton and they had four children — Wesley, Alan, Greg and Lois. She raised the children on her own for many of those years when her husband died young. Now, she has four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
“I lived a pretty good life,” she says.
But clearly, she’s got more to do.
Eva Hutton held her 100th birthday party at the Embassy West Seniors Living Centre in Ottawa, August 2, 2014. Friends and family were on hand to wish her all the best on her 100th birthday.
Catherine Hutton, her daughter-in-law, marvels at the energy of the women she loves dearly.
Up until she moved into the retirement home just two years ago, Hutton was living in her own home and bowling.
Even these days, she likes to walk through the Carlingwood Shopping Mall, where “she knows everybody and everybody knows her.”
“You don’t get shopping done because you have to stop and talk to everybody who knows her. All the way along, at every store.”
At the retirement home, activities director Lisa Bradley glows with praise for Hutton.
“She’s wonderful and beautiful. She is a social butterfly. She is the definition of congenial – the nicest, sweetest, most social lady you’ll ever meet.”
Hutton has been playing piano by ear since she was four years old. Yes, that would be since 1918.
She takes requests. Many days, Hutton gathers her fellow retirement home residents and plays for them.
“She’s always encouraging others to join in the activities so that people aren’t just sitting around,” said Bradley.
“She’s a breathe of fresh air.”
Hutton gets around with the aid of walker, but doesn’t always need it. Her only health complaint these days? Her eyesight seems to be weakening.
“I never have anything wrong with me. The only thing I have is a sore back now and again. That’s all I ever have. I don’t get colds. I don’t know why. Mother used to say I was the only one that didn’t get sick. I’d look after everybody.”
Hutton says she never thought she’d reach the age of 100, and jokes: “I told them I was going to go to 200. You never know …. ”
mkennedy@ottawacitizen.com
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And she’s no spring chicken. On Sunday, Ottawa-resident Eva Hutton turns 100. But she seems to have the energy of a woman half her age.
She also has the wisdom to know how to stay healthy and out of trouble.
Where does she find her joy these days?
“Staying well and keeping myself away from mischiefs,” she said in an interview Saturday. “I don’t get into any mischief.”
She laughs. There’s a slight twinkle in the eye. Apparently, she runs with the right crowd.
“I don’t like to hear these people cursing and swearing. I don’t get mixed up with that sort of thing.”
In other words, she lives a good clean life?
“Yeah, I do.
“I guess it’s good living. I looked after myself. Hardly had a doctor. You have to watch your diet. Don’t get overweight. Maybe it’s not that important. I don’t know — but I always thought it was.”
On Saturday, Hutton’s family and friends came together to celebrate her birthday with her at Embassy West Senior Living, a retirement home on Carling Avenue where she resides.
Hutton is becoming a member of that club of Canadians known as centenarians — those who have lived 100 years. In the 2011 Canadian census, there were 5,825 centenarians.
She was born on Aug. 3, 1914, during the First World War, in a small Quebec town north of Ottawa — one of 10 children in the family. Her father was a blacksmith.
In the past century, she has seen it all — the Great Depression and the Second World War; swing music and rock music; presidents and prime ministers from Roosevelt and Obama to Mackenzie King to Harper; the Golden Age of Radio to the digital Internet; the death of the horse-drawn carriage to the Apollo mission to the moon.
She married Cecil Hutton and they had four children — Wesley, Alan, Greg and Lois. She raised the children on her own for many of those years when her husband died young. Now, she has four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
“I lived a pretty good life,” she says.
But clearly, she’s got more to do.
Eva Hutton held her 100th birthday party at the Embassy West Seniors Living Centre in Ottawa, August 2, 2014. Friends and family were on hand to wish her all the best on her 100th birthday.
Catherine Hutton, her daughter-in-law, marvels at the energy of the women she loves dearly.
Up until she moved into the retirement home just two years ago, Hutton was living in her own home and bowling.
Even these days, she likes to walk through the Carlingwood Shopping Mall, where “she knows everybody and everybody knows her.”
“You don’t get shopping done because you have to stop and talk to everybody who knows her. All the way along, at every store.”
At the retirement home, activities director Lisa Bradley glows with praise for Hutton.
“She’s wonderful and beautiful. She is a social butterfly. She is the definition of congenial – the nicest, sweetest, most social lady you’ll ever meet.”
Hutton has been playing piano by ear since she was four years old. Yes, that would be since 1918.
She takes requests. Many days, Hutton gathers her fellow retirement home residents and plays for them.
“She’s always encouraging others to join in the activities so that people aren’t just sitting around,” said Bradley.
“She’s a breathe of fresh air.”
Hutton gets around with the aid of walker, but doesn’t always need it. Her only health complaint these days? Her eyesight seems to be weakening.
“I never have anything wrong with me. The only thing I have is a sore back now and again. That’s all I ever have. I don’t get colds. I don’t know why. Mother used to say I was the only one that didn’t get sick. I’d look after everybody.”
Hutton says she never thought she’d reach the age of 100, and jokes: “I told them I was going to go to 200. You never know …. ”
mkennedy@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/Mark_Kennedy_
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