Felixstowe’s Joy celebrates 107th birthday

A resident at Foxgrove residential care home in Felixstowe, Suffolk, has celebrated her 107th birthday with a special party at the home. Joy Savage, who has lived at Foxgrove since August 2019, marked her milestone birthday on the 4th March.

Joy was born in Alverstoke and grew up in Cairo, Egypt, where her father was a doctor treating injured servicemen evacuated from Gallipoli. At the age of 13 she moved back to the UK and lived in Crowborough, Sussex. She later attended finishing school at Farlington House.

When she was 20 she visited India to be a bridesmaid for a friend, and met her future husband who was serving with the Indian Army. They married in 1935 and later had a daughter and a son both born in the UK. After VE Day they lived for a time in Germany, and then in 1950 had a second son in Gibraltar. When her husband retired from the Army in 1958 they moved to Felixstowe, where her husband worked for Fisons.

In retirement Joy and her husband moved to Waldringfield, where she enjoyed her grandchildren, sailing, gardening, church activities and being a member of the Women’s Institute. After her husband sadly died in 1990, she stayed on in Waldringfield until 2004, when she moved back to Felixstowe to be near her daughter. Joy now has nine grandchildren, twenty four great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Home manager Leanne Greeves said, “Joy is a real pleasure to spend time with and a wonderful addition to our home. She is an incredible woman and has enjoyed a fascinating life all over the world.

“It was lovely to help her celebrate such a special birthday with her family and her friends here at Foxgrove. On behalf of everyone at the home I’d like to wish her a very happy birthday.”

Foxgrove residential home is part of the Healthcare Homes Group and is based on High Road East in Felixstowe. For more information on therange of care services provided at the home, call 01394 274037.

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