Conditions were sunny and warm at 18C on October 5 in Rockglen, when Myra Gording celebrated her 100th birthday with a parade in the community during the afternoon.
The birthday parade of personal and emergency vehicles gathered at the Rockglen Community Rinks parking lot at 2:30 p.m.
The parade left the parking lot and circled around the town towards the Grasslands Health Centre, where Gording sat outside and greeted her well-wishers.
Myra Theresa Bloom, daughter of Alfred Fred Bloom and Mabel Euphemia Marie Nilson, was born on October 5, 1920 in the Lacordaire District south of Rockglen.
She married Victor Elwood Gording on Oct. 12 1943 鈥� her husband was the son of Nels and Marthea Gording.聽 聽 聽 聽
