The Mahoning Township Lions Club distributed Christmas gifts to both the Mahoning Valley Nursing Home and to the Summit in Lehighton. This is a project the group does every year to bring some holiday .
She will turn 103 on April 17.
Other than last summer s bout with pneumonia followed by a urinary tract infection coupled with COVID-19, she has never been seriously ill.
She has no wrinkles.
In addition to its youthful-looking occupant, her room at Lutheran Life Villages â where she has lived since September 2018 â also is home to an exquisitely-decorated Easter tree . which a few weeks earlier was a St. Patrick s tree and before that a Valentine s tree . preceded by Christmas and Halloween . She has been decorating the tree for many years. She loves to decorate, said Arla s companion, Martha Debes, who spends several days a week with her. Arla and Martha have a stockpile of ornaments and Martha carries out Arla s decorating instructions to perfection.