On October 3, 2019, the Area Agency on Aging Advisory Board held their Centenarian Luncheon at the Green Pond Country Club. Thirty-two Northampton County residents, ages 100 to 106, attended with their guests, enjoying lunch and entertainment by Bill Reese’s Classic Country Show. State Representative Steve Samuelson, State Senator Mario Scavello and County Executive Lamont McClure distributed certificates and proclamations to all the Centenarians in attendance.

The Centenarian Luncheon is held every year to honor Northampton County residents who are 100 years of age or older.

The Centenarians who attended this year are: Mary Bach, Robert H. Bartholomew, Margaret Bonniwell, Harold Brunell, Pearl Elizabeth Eberts, Margaret Firuta, Evelyn Grammes, Marguerite Hamlin, Louis Hegedus, Laura Jean Hummel, Harrison Kincaid, Joseph Koch, Blanche Kurtz, Julia Kutos, Ivy Lewis, Carmen Marquez, Carl Merwarth, Marian Montz, Dorothy Paynter, Helena Rapp, Alverta Reddinger, Kenneth Singer, Naomi Smith, Angelica Ventin and Dorothy Williams. The Northampton County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council established this special celebration a few years ago. Helping to celebrate the Centenarians were the Northampton County Executive, Lamont G. McClure Jr., the Democratic Chair of the PA House Aging and Older Adult Services Committee, Rep. Steve Samuelson and PA State Senator Mario M. Scavello.

Information and image provided to TVL by:
Becky Bartlett
Deputy Director of Administration
Northampton County Government Center
669 Washington Street
Easton, PA 18042
https://www.northamptoncounty.org/

 

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