66 Delco Centenarians To Be Honored Wednesday

Delaware County will honor its residents who have lived a century on Wednesday, May 17. All 66 residents who are now 100 years old or older will be treated to a party at Drexelbrook Events Center in Drexel Hill.

The party will be held at 11 a.m. and will include 108-year-old Marion Roth, of White Horse Village in Newtown Township and Margaret White, 99, of Ridley Township.

Roth, who will be the oldest at the party, credits her longevity to eating lots of cheese, butter, and potato chips.

White helped transport seminary students from Calvary Baptist Church to Mount Pleasant Church in Twin Oaks, according to the county. One of those students was the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A handful of local veterans will be present as well.

Those veterans are:

Sarah Nader, 105, of Granite Farms in Middletown Township, first sergeant in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC); Sylvan Brandman, 101, of Philadelphia, captain in the Army; Nikolas Jekogian, 99, of Maris Grove in Concord Township, sergeant in the Army, 80th Infantry Division; Guy Norcini, 99, of Dunwoody in Newtown Township, staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps; and Donald Shannon, 99, of Riddle Village in Middletown Township, first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps.

The Drexelbrook Events Center is located at 4700 Drexelbrook Drive, Drexel Hill.

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