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Dwight Star and Herald
Saturday 21 June 1924

         Celebrates 100th Birthday June 10
         
         MRS. ANN PIERCE of Oak Park, Thoroughly Enjoys Party
         
         MRS. ANN PIERCE, mother of R. L. PIERCE, of this city,
       thoroughly enjoyed her 100th birthday party held at her
       home in Oak Park June 10th.
       
         Following is an account of the event taken from "Oak
       Leaves," an Oak Park publication.
       
         "Seated in rooms filled with gorgeous roses - gifts
       from friends of the village and state, wearing a smile
       of tender enthusiasm, and gowned in a frilly gray voile
       which looked as though it might have been made for a
       girl of sixteen, but which was unusually becoming to
       the wearer, and surrounded by four sons, three daughters,
       sixteen grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren,
       MRS. ANN PIERCE, of 220 North Park avenue, celebrated
       her hundredth birthday anniversary on Tuesday.
       
         She wore a sheer dress of pale gray, tied gayly with
       a satin sash with perky bow on the side, because she
       was tired of black, which looks old and sombre and MRS.
       PIERCE'S heart is colorful and young. Last fall she
       used to look forward to automobile rides. Her last one
       was to Savannah, Ill., where she visited her son. And
       she derived great pleasure from helping about the house.
       But in February she contracted a serious and prolonged
       case of flu. She no longer helps with the dishes, and
       she will probably never take a long automobile ride
       again; but despite the frail body, her spirit is as
       light as the frocks she wears. Lately her eyes have
       failed her some, and that means she has had to lay aside
       the books she loved so much and with whom she formerly
       spent hours each day. But MRS. PIERCE has a magnifying
       glass and a day never goes by that she doesn't look over
       the papers. She is particularly interested at present
       in the coming presidential election. When she was a baby,
       John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United
       States, was elected president.
       
         Her children say that she has a remarkable memory and
       is very happy when an old friend comes in to visit with
       her and she may talk about old associations. Of course,
       she lies down and rests a greater portion of each day,
       but she is always at the lunch and dinner table. Tuesday
       night at dinner there were thirty to share her birthday
       dinner and the gigantic cake with its 100 candles.
       
         All of the children of the guest of honor were present
       to spend the gala day with her, coming from as far as
       China and California. They included: Mr. and Mrs. HARRY
       PIERCE, Savannah, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. RICHARD PIERCE,
       Dwight, Ill.; Mrs. M. JANE BLOME, Pasadena, Calif.; Mr.
       and Mrs. CHARLIE PIERCE and JOHN J. PIERCE of Elgin,
       Ill.; and Miss THIRZA M. PIERCE, of Shanghi, China. Miss
       FANNIE PIERCE makes her home here with her mother.
       
         ANN PHILIPS PIERCE was born in Cornwall, England, June
       10, 1824, and came to this country when a woman of thirty-
       two. Since that time she has lived in Illinois. She
       thinks Oak Park is not only a beautiful place but the
       friendliest she has ever known and plans to spend many
       more birthdays here."
       
       (transcriber note: Ann Pierce died 5 weeks later on
                          July 19, 1924. She is buried in what
                          is now Saint Paul Evergreen Cemetery.)
                          
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