Wishes for Fishes (100 of them!)

Wausau Resident Celebrates His 100th Birthday

FOR MMC

What would your best day ever be? Would it be a day on the golf greens, meeting your favorite celebrity or sitting poolside? Azura Memory Care and Assisted Living asks every resident this very question, and connects with local businesses and people to make their dreams come true - this program is known as the MOSAIC Dreams program. In the years that the MOSAIC Dreams program has been around, Azura has had a resident dance at the halftime show with the Milwaukee Bucks Grand Dancers, fly in an airplane and a helicopter, golf with a world champ, and more!

For Azura Memory Care of Wausau’s resident, Arden (Art), his 100th birthday wish was to get out on the water for an afternoon of doing what he loves most - fishing! Azura’s MOSAIC dreams committee lined up a day for Art to enjoy on the water with his family and friends as he celebrated his 100th trip around the sun.

Born and raised in Wausau and attending Wausau East High School, Art went on to serve in the United States Air Force during World War II. When Art returned home, he worked as a postal carrier in Wausau for over 40 years. In his 100 years on earth, Art has lived through some of our world’s most historic events; Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic, the building of the Empire State Building, the Holocaust, the discovery of DNA, and much more!