Josephine Wilkosz, age 101, Sister Corona Colleary, St. Columban’s administrator and Wilma Crowell, age 100 at the special double birthday celebration Sunday.

SILVER CREEK — A pair of milestone birthdays got the new year off to a joyful start at St. Columban’s on the Lake Retirement Home in Silver Creek.

Residents Josephine Wilkosz, 101, and Wilma Crowell, 100 share a Jan. 9 birthday, an extraordinary occasion and cause for celebration at the retirement home.

Josephine Wilkosz, formerly of Sheridan, was born in 1921 and has lived at St. Columban’s on the Lake since September 2021. Wilma Crowell formerly of Angola, NY was born in 1922 and has been a resident of St. Columban’s since March 2018.

A special birthday celebration attended by residents and staff was at St. Columban’s in honor of the two ladies on Sunday. Due to current COVID restrictions, a party of family and friends will be held at a future date.

“Jo and Wilma not only share a birthday,” says Sister Corona Colleary, administrator at St. Columban’s on the Lake, “but also a special place in all our hearts.”