Celebrating LW Centenarians

Editor’s note: Seena Friedland is profiled in the following story, one in an occasional series showcasing LW 100-year-olds. On July 19, the LW Weekly learned she died (see obituaries, page 15) and is printing her story in tribute to a life well lived.

by Shari Young

LW contributor

Seena Friedland, a 22-year resident of Leisure World, will be 100 years old on Aug. 25.

She has lived an amazing life. She has lived alone with minimal care for most of her life. She does not wear glasses, has never been in a hospital except to visit others, has her original teeth, reads the daily Long Beach Press-Telegram and works a crossword puzzle every day.

She prides herself on her regular manicures and pedicures. Seena was born in Washington Heights, New York, and watched the George Washington Bridge being built in 1927. At 15, she settled in Long Beach.

In the 1940s, she met her husband-to-be at her job in Los Angeles. He was immediately smitten with her, and the couple married in 1947.

She was widowed in 1978 and never had children. After working for 35 years as the administrator for Long Beach Temple Beth Shalom, Seena retired at 78 years old.

Seena has 24 nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews, greatgrand nieces and nephews and one great-great-grand nephew, some who live in Leisure World and others, in the area.

Seena Friedland would have been 100 next month.