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A grand 100th birthday celebration was held July 16 for Ellen Elizabeth (Barrett) Corkery, who was born in Ireland and has lived in Hellertown for the past 22 years.
It isn’t every day that a Hellertown resident turns 100, and it’s certainly a special occasion when the centenarian is able to celebrate that achievement with a surprise party organized by family, friends and neighbors.
For his 100th birthday on Feb. 24, Meryl “Jack” Reiss of Hellertown will be the recipient of a “card shower.” Organizers–including his daughter-in-law, Sue Reiss, and the staff at Christ Lutheran Church in Hellertown–hope it will generate at least 100 birthday cards for the World War II veteran.
Lifelong Hellertown/Pleasant Valley resident Kenneth Quier turned 100 on Feb. 22, 2019. A birthday celebration for him was held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pleasant Valley Sunday, with more than 50 attendees present.
Edith Muldowney, a Saucon Manor resident, was born in Hellertown on May 30, 1916. Her friends at the senior citizen apartment building threw her a surprise 100th birthday party Thursday, a few days early.