It wasa recently brought to our attention, that Rose (Sanders) Leigh Manuell, Class of 1936 turned 104 years old just a few weeks ago, on December 31, 2022!

As far as we know, this makes Rose the oldest living alumna of Sayville High School.

Happy, Happy belated birthday, Rose!   104!   Wow!

Many thanks to Judi (Hone) McHugh and Erick Braumeister for bringing this to our attention.

Also, thank you to Aileen (Weber) Piffard who posted the wonderful photo above of Rose on Deceember 31, 2022 in the Facebook forum “You know you’re from Sayville, NY if…”