The Oldest Living Shriners Hospital Patient Turns 103!

Apr 29, 2020

The Oldest Living Shriners Hospital Patient Turns 103!

Irene Hand Roberts was born on April 28th, 1917, at her grandmother’s restaurant and boarding hotel in McLaughlin, South Dakota. In July 1923, at the age of six, Irene developed what was called infantile paralysis, but is now known as polio. Her polio was treated at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Twin Cities in 1923, when Irene spent months as an inpatient. As part of her 103rd Birthday celebration staff and patients from Shriners Hospitals for Children along with Imperial Potentate Jeffrey Sowder put together this birthday message. We love being able to see her reaction as she watched the video on her birthday!

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hello Irene I'm chef satyr the empirical tape understand today is your birthday and you turn 103 which makes you the world's all this shrine patient that we know of you know you came to Shriners Hospitals for children in twin cities because of polio that's really what Shriners Hospitals for children started out as we started out as a hospital system to take care of kids with polio and obviously we did a really good job with you I also know that your family has played in multiple shrine football games and we're very proud of the fact that they continue to support the shrine through that way so every shrine child is very special to each and every one of us but today you are the most special shrine patient that we have because it's your birthday and you're 103 years old from over 200 thousand Shriners all around the world happy birthday from all of us thank you

hi I mean happy 133 14 in fundo Bay Ontario 103 that's a big number 100 entering special celebration we both hope we have 103 birthdays too don't we

hey happy birthday happy read from the entire team at Spokane's hospital happy birthday happy birthday Irene from the Spokane Hospital happy birthday Irene happy birthday Irene