Irene LaFrance lives a simple life that may have contributed to her longevity.
LaFrance celebrated her 105th birthday at the Delta Conference Centre on Saturday.
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Lafrance grew up on her father香蕉视频直播檚 farm in northern Alberta and was the oldest of 12 children.
Times were different then, she cooked, cleaned and helped her family do chores, baking bread once or twice a week on the farm in LaFond. Gardening was a pastime she continued until she was 97.
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Irene married her husband, Charles LaFrance on Oct. 28, 1937, and had 10 children. They left the farm in 1956, which she said was a change for her afterward.
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Irene said moving from place to place was difficult. Her husband wanted to leave Alberta so they gave up the farm and spent time on Vancouver Island before moving to Kelowna in the 1970s.
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Michelle said she was always quite humble.
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Her birthday party had guests from across B.C. and a few relatives from the U.S. to make up 120 attendees. Irene sat and greeted each one by the door.
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Irene was born on April 13, 1912, a day before the sinking of the Titanic.
Irene has been living in the Missionwood Retirement Resort for the past six years, spending her time reading and completing crosswords.
