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May 22-28, 2020
A GRAND CELEBRATION
Bayside Hills resident celebrates 100th birthday with drive-by parade
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
A Bayside Hills woman
celebrated her 100th birthday
on May 10 as a car cavalcade
of friends and family circled
her home honking horns
and displaying signs from a
distance.
Louise Ceci Jacobson,
also known as Luisa or Louie,
sat on her patio as she
was pleasantly surprised by
the drive-by. She was also
presented with a proclamation
from state Senator John
Liu and Councilman Barry
Grodenchik.
“Everything was kept a
surprise and she loved it,”
said her daughter, Carole
Jacobson Papadatos.
Following the drive-by,
Jacobson enjoyed a birthday
lunch in her backyard with
friends and family maintaining
social distancing
etiquette.
Loved ones both locally
and in Jacobson’s native Italy
compiled a video montage
that they screened during
a 100-person, cross-country
call over Zoom.
Jacobson has resided in
Bayside Hills since 1962. She
was born on May 10, 1920, in
Italy, Vallecorsa. She became
the first woman from her
Louise Ceci Jacobson celebrated her 100th birthday on May 10. Photo courtesy of Carole Jacobson Papadatos
town to attend college after
enrolling in the University of
Rome.
Jacobson then continued
her studies at the University
of Southern California,
and Hunter College in New
York City.
As a teacher in New York
City, Jacobson taught Spanish,
Italian and math for over
25 years. She retired in 1982.
She is known to all as a
kind, generous, sweet and
loving person. Among her
many hobbies, she is often
described as a master bridge
and mahjong player, who
loves traveling.
One of Jacobson’s most famous
and wise quotes:
“What doesn’t happen in a
year, happens in a day.”
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by e-mail at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com or
by phone at (718) 260–4526.
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