HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY Anna Basista

November 10, 2003 at 12:00a.m.

Birth date: Oct. 22, 1903, in what is now the Slovak Republic. She came to the United States in 1920.
Residence: Lives at Sunrise of Poland assisted living center.
Husband: Married John Basista on May 30, 1921. He died Oct. 15, 1936.
Children: Agnes Butsko of Poland, Andy Basista of Warren, John Basista of Poland and Jim Basista of Niles.
Grandchildren: 11.
Great-grandchildren: 22.
Career: Homemaker.
Celebrations: A liturgy of Thanksgiving was celebrated in her honor Oct. 12 by Monsignor Victor Romza at St. Michael Byzantine Catholic Church in Campbell. Her children and their spouses hosted a dinner afterward in the church hall. Another party in her honor took place Oct. 22 at Sunrise of Poland.