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‘A REALLY SPECIAL DAY’
Family and friends celebrate local Brooklynite’s 100th birthday
CELEBRATE: Doris Fordyce poses with her daughter Paula Victor, left, and Nadine Nelson, right, after her 100th birthday celebration.
Photo by Steve Solomonson
Fordyce’s daughter called
the closing a tragic loss for
the community.
“Everyone liked it there,”
said Paula Victor. “The
did exercises, games, bible
classes, activities, and trips.
It’s sad that it’s not going to
be there anymore.”
Victor said they would be
transitioning her mother into
a similar facility at McKinney
Hospital in Prospect Lefferts
Garden next month.
“She hasn’t seen it yet, but
she’s excited,” said Victor.
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Family and friends gathered
at the Rutland Adult Daycare
center in East Flatbush
for a joyous celebration on
May 24.
Brooklynite Doris Fordyce
was honored with a commemorative
citation from state
Sen. Brian Benjamin to mark
her recent 100th birthday,
bringing a smile to the youthful
spirit, said a close family
friend.
“It was beautiful. It was a
really special day,” said Nadine
Nelson. “She was surprised.
She was not expecting
it, but she was very happy.”
Nelson said Fordyce is like
a mother to her.
“She’s not a mom to me by
blood, but she’s like a mom to
me in many ways,” she said.”
The day also marked
the closing of the Rutland
Adult Daycare Center, where
Fordyce had been a resident
for 19 years.
The center had been serving
the community in Kings
County since 1992, providing
social services and medical
care to elderly Brooklynites
at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center on Schenectady
Avenue.
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