The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Pandemics
their house on Haines Lane in Springfield.
Although McHenry says she was a “happy homemaker,” she says she went to work at Mac and Sam’s office after her children were grown. She also has fond memories of her involvement in St. Matthew Lutheran Church, the Springfield Athletic League, playing bridge locally, and socializing at the Rolling Green Country Club where her husband regularly played golf. Her husband died in 1996.
“We lived through so many wonderful things and a few that were not-so-wonderful,” McHenry said reflectively. “I had a busy life. I had a good life.”
McHenry said she was a little disappointed that the annual Delaware County Centenarian Luncheon at Drexelbrook was cancelled this past May due to the pandemic, but she was fortunate to get to one in May 2019, only a few months before her 100th birthday. She called it a “lovely event.” Also, she is thankful that she saw all of her extended family at her 100th birthday celebration last September because she is not sure with the pandemic, if they will all be able to make it to her 101st, coming up in just a few months.
“Now that we are in the next phase of this pandemic, I feel safe to a degree,” McHenry stated. “I’m not ready to go shopping yet or go to a big family party, but I feel safe going to the doctor. We all have to work back into our old lives gradually.”
McHenry said that although she lived a very quiet life, she was always very active and that could be why she has kept healthy enough to make it beyond the 100 mark.
“I have no secret that I can share as to why I am living this long,” McHenry laughs. “No one else in my family lived past 100, so I have no clue. I just get up every day, climb out of bed, and thank the good Lord to be here.”