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LOU WOLFSON
Age: 100
Lives in: Port St. Lucie
Occupation: Retired chiropractor,
physical education teacher
Family: Sons Marty, 71, and Sam,
deceased
Education: B.S., Temple University,
3hysical Education, and M.S.,
3hysical Education
Hobbies: Working out at the gym and watching sports on TV
What inspires me: “The athletic teams I love, Duke (University),
(University of) Indiana and Notre Dame. And I am a big
(New York) Yankees fan.”
Something people don’t know about me: “I am a very careful
eater. I don’t eat dessert and I never eat seconds.”
at every game. Sometimes they
would drive 200 miles and be
the only parents in the stands.
I’m appreciative of it now, but
at the time I thought they were
babying me.”
“If I had it to do over again,”
Lou says, “I would persuade
them (sons) to play single
sports like golf, bowling or
tennis. Your numbers speak for
themselves. And you don’t have
to kiss the behind of any coach
in order to make the team.”
Married for 72 years, Lou’s
wife, Helen, passed away at
age 98 four years ago. “My wife
always knew what I wanted or
needed before I did,” he says.
The picture of health at 100, Lou gets around on a walker
with wheels, but he can walk short distances on his own. He
gave up swimming two years ago. He played tennis into his
90s and was in a bowling league until he was 95.
Thirty years ago the Wolfsons moved to Florida, and it was
20 years ago that Lou had a pacemaker implanted. His blood
pressure would go so low at night, he would get up and run
around the block to bring it back up.
During World War II, Lou spent 39 months training as a
ferry pilot to Áy planes to England. $ migraine condition
forced him out of the service, with the Army angry at him for
not telling them about his headaches.
He is not currently on any medications.
A typical day starts with Lou tackling the cryptogram,
jumble and a crossword puzzle before breakfast. He likes to
get some sun every day, and he watches sports or goes out
with Marty.
“All the players today have so much speed in football,
baseball and even tennis,” says Lou, who stayed up until 3
a.m. for the end of the 2018 World Series game that went 17
innings.
“For one hundred and a half, he is still going strong,” says
Marty. “He started early caring about his body and what he
put into it.”
“Stay healthy and have a lot of birthdays,” advises Lou,
who never smoked and has one glass of wine for happy hour
every Friday. E
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Washed out for medical reasons
by the Army as a cadet pilot, Lou
Wolfson, 100, would go on to
teach hundreds of children how
to swim in Gary, Ind.
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