LOUISE PARTIN, 102, POSES WITH A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS SHE RECEIVED FOR HER BIRTHDAY. |
Partin was born and raised in Bell County, Kentucky in the beginning of the Wilson Administration, the third of eight children. She says growing up with her big family and her parents was a lot of fun. Partin recalls the first time her husband brought home a television. “My father always used to tell me the day a television came through the front door was the day he’d leave out the back door and never come back. I just looked at him and said, ‘Well, Dad, ya better start runnin’!’” Partin’s father did not, in fact, leave out the back door like he threatened; he stayed and watched boxing and was quite tickled over the whole debacle.
Partin moved to Darke County with her husband and raised her nine children in Rossburg, and worked up until her retirement from FRAM. She walked everywhere she went, especially to church, which was a mile from her house. She has maintained her beauty and sense of style over the years, having more shoes than she can count and always looking well put-together. As a parent, Partin’s daughter Sandy remembers her mother as being “very strict.”
“She and my father worked a lot,” Sandy explained. “When they came home at night, they expected the house to be clean and dinner to be on the table.” When asked why she thinks her mother has lived past 100 years old, Sandy didn’t hesitate: “God knows we all need her. She’s an inspiration to her grandkids and great-grandkids; they see that she stays active all year long.”
Louise Partin has been looking forward to her 102nd birthday ever since her hospice nurse, Allison Hummel, started caring for her. “She’s really something else,” Hummel said. “She’s been looking forward to her birthday all year.”
Partin loves birthday cards. If you are interested in sending her a birthday card, mail it to State of the Heart Care c/o Louise Partin, 1350 N Broadway St, Greenville, OH 45331.
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