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Pennsylvania Woman Mary Rapach Turns 110

Mary Rapach, a resident of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, USA, celebrated her 110th birthday on 25 March, according to Times News Online.

Mary Rapach was born in the village of Harwood Mines, near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on 25 March 1916, to parents Michael and Katherine Wassil. Mary’s father, a coal miner, died during the Spanish flu epidemic when she was just two years old. He had been assisting funeral directors during the 1918 outbreak and contracted the illness himself.

Mary attended a one-room schoolhouse in Harwood Mines through the sixth grade, which was the extent of her formal education. As a teenager, she worked as a babysitter to help support her family. During the Great Depression, she was employed as a sewing machine operator in a garment factory. For a time, she also modeled hats at Diesroth’s department store in Hazleton.

Mary’s husband, Andrew Rapach, was a decorated World War II veteran. The couple had two children. She was widowed in 1990.

Happy 110th Birthday!