Despite approaching 108 years on this earth, Homewood’s Mary Cantway said she does not have any secrets to longevity. “I’m not sure why I’m still here,” Cantway said.
Mary Cantway, of Homewood, holds a photo that was taken of her in 1933. Cantway is to turn 108 years old on Sept. 30.
“I’m not sure why I’m still here,” Cantway said. “All I know is if you want to be useful and get something out of life, you have to put something into it.”For Cantway, that has meant involvement with the Homewood Historical Society in recent years, time with friends she has made through the H-F Racquet & Fitness Club and practicing her faith with the Presbyterian Church. She has become something of a local celebrity, with strangers even asking for photos with her these days.
Cantway graduated from Parker High School in 1932 while living in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. During the Great Depression, she found a job with Swift & Co. and worked there until she married Elmo Cantway in 1940. When they eventually started looking for their own place, Cantway remembered a house on a hill she saw coming out of the viaduct in Homewood.At the time, the real estate agent had only one residence in town to show them.
“I have seen a lot of things,” Cantway said. “I couldn’t imagine at one time anybody going to the moon. I thought that was just impossible to do. That was something in my lifetime.”
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