100-year-old Geraldine Karlan looked glamorous in a silver dress as she celebrated her birthday with a party. She shares longevity habits and seeks a companion.
When Geraldine Karlan’s son took a photo of her looking glamorous in a silver dress for her 100th birthday party, he asked if he could post the picture on his Twitter account.Karlan celebrated her birthday with a party in Toronto in December.Karlan is actually not looking for another husband — she’s had five of them. “Why would I want a marriage?” she exclaimed. But she would like to find a companion.
“As long as I stay well, I want to travel, I want to do things, I still want to dance,” she told TODAY. “I’m enjoying very much. My children have made it very wonderful for me and I’m one of the fortunate ladies of the world.”inspire others and couldn’t resist adding his mom’s joke about looking for a husband.
“I thought it was an amazing picture. How many people look like that when they’re 100 years old? She looks so lovely and so happy,” Krauss told TODAY.Karlan was still driving a car last year and lived in her own condo in Toronto, Ontario, until last month. She just relocated to Prince Edward Island to live with her son, the latest move in a life filled with them. Karlan was born in 1921 in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to Canada with her mother as a baby.
Like many centenarians, she seems to have won the health lottery — Karlan hasn’t had to deal with major diseases like cancer or heart disease, she said. Besides falling the night after her 100th birthday party — she didn’t break any bones, but has been recovering in a hospital — she didn’t have any health issues.