100-Year Old Westmont Woman Gets Key To The Village

WESTMONT, IL - A longtime Westmont community figure and now centenarian has received a key to the village. Anne Szymski was presented with the honor by Westmont Mayor Ron Gunter and the Westmont Village Board at its most recent meeting, according to a news release from the village. The key came with a proclamation celebrating Szymski's 100th birthday.

“We like to celebrate people who have been influential in the community, and I can’t think of anyone more deserving than Anne Szymski and the entire Szymski family,” Gunter said.

Szymski and her husband Steve, who passed away in 2002, moved to Westmont in 1945.

Since then they have started several businesses in the village, including the Westmont Dry Goods Center, Stephen’s Department Store, O.K. Hardware Builders, Family Shoe Store and Stephen’s Annex Domestics.