Canney

Olga W. “Honey” Canney, of Bend, celebrated her 102nd birthday with a party at her retirement home, another party with the water aerobics class she teaches, and a Mass on her behalf at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Bend, followed by a luncheon at McMenamins.

Mrs. Canney was born Jan. 30, 1916, in Bangor, Ireland. She and her family emigrated to Seattle in 1920. She married George C. Canney in 1939. She has three surviving children, George Frederic, of Moscow, Idaho, Kathleen Ann Allan, of Virginia, and Margaret Aileen Freitas, of San Diego; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren.

After WWII, the family moved to Alameda, California, where they lived until relocating to Bend in 1972. The couple stayed active by volunteering at St. Francis of Assisi parish and St. Charles Medical Center, golfing and playing bridge. In 2012, Mrs. Canney and her husband moved into Whispering Winds Retirement, where Mr. Canney passed away in 2013. Throughout her years in Bend, Mrs. Canney tutored high school students and taught office management and typing at Central Oregon Community College. She was a member of Bend Country Club for more than 40 years and continues to be a volunteer water aerobics instructor there, teaching 16 students three times a week.

Mrs. Canney has lived in Bend for 46 years.