PORT ST. LUCIE PEOPLE
PAUL ESAIAN
Age: 100
Hometown: Port St. Lucie
Occupation: Retired automobile
exporter
Hobbies: Softball, Moose lodge
activities
Family: Son, Phillip, daughter,
Carol; four grandchildren, three
great-grandchildren
Something most people don’t know about me: “I went to
Egypt and saw the pyramids and climbed to the top. It was
quite an experience. I have traveled to all 50 states.”
What inspires me: “I’m not the ballplayer I was 30 years ago,
but I am inspired to be on the field with the rest of the guys.”
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has a pool he and the grandchildren use.
He does his own housekeeping and the home looks like the
maid just left. He vacuums and mops the floors. He does his
own light gardening and a few years ago he painted the outside
of his house. Esaian drives a Jaguar and is proud of the
sticker on the back that shows he has donated seven gallons
of blood. He loves to show his driver’s license, which is valid
until 2023.
Before his wife died at age 90, she made their daughter
Carol promise to cook for Esaian after she was gone, telling
her that he is helpless in the kitchen. Carol brings his lunches
and dinners over three days a week from her home three
streets away. He makes his own breakfast.
Esaian was born on the Fourth of July, 1917. When he was
deferred from the Army during World War II, he worked as a
machinist at the Brooklyn Navy Yards. He then spent a career
as an automobile exporter and restorer of classic cars. After
retirement, the couple traveled by car to all 50 states and made
trips to Europe, Asia and Africa. They also took 25 cruises.
“The ships they have now make the ones we sailed on look
like lifeboats,” he said. His favorite place was the ancient
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PHOTO PROVIDED
An area television station didn’t believe a birthday announcement submitted
by Esaian’s friends, so they sent this photo as proof. It was used in the
100th birthday congratulations aired by the station.
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