ANNA DRASLER 101 YEARS OLD Anna was born March 16, 1913 on a - TopicsExpress

ANNA DRASLER 101 YEARS OLD Anna was born March 16, 1913 on a farm in Sesser, Illinois, to Martin and Anna Zaitz.She was the second of their six children. Her father worked as a coal miner in southern Illinois, while her mother stayed home to care for the family. After finishing 8th grade she went to work in St. Louis as a mothers helper for a widow who cared for orphan children, and ran a bakery to support them. When Anna’s Uncle Tony Zaitz needed help running the boarding house, which was attached to his gas station in Browndale, PA, Anna was eager to help. It was in this little town that she met her sweetheart, Tony Drasler, and became his bride in 1934. They were blessed with 54 years together. Though times were hard, they managed to purchase a small house on Martin Street in Browndale.. Here, they raised their three children: Donald, Eugene, and Joyce. Anna lived in that same little house for 70 years. In addition to raising her family, Anna worked in the garment industry in Forest City for 30 years. She was an excellent cook and baker who loved gardening, sewing, and making fine, crocheted lace doilies. She and her family spent many enjoyable hours fishing at the local lakes, as well as those in New York and Canada. Today, Anna Drasler resides at the Forest City Personal Care, where she is loved by staff and residents alike. She is the proud mother of three, grandmother of five, great grandmother of nine, and great, great grandmother of two. If you were to ask Anna the secret to her long life, she would tell you to live each day joyfully!