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Betty Olson turned 100 April 6. photos Gordon . .u. COMMUNITY PROFILE Thursday, April 14, Shelton-Mason Journal Page A—7 F’It’s been a life’ By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty.com etty Olson is living proof that longevity resides in the genes. The Shelton woman’s mother reached the age of 100 years and three months. Two of Olson’s ' sisters lived until they were 100 years, seven months. 2 Olson passed the century mile- stone April 6. Friends and family joined her for a celebration at Al- pine Way Continuing Care Com- munity in Shelton, where she has lived since 2017. “It’s been a wonderful life,” she said on April 5, the day be- fore her birthday. “I’ve been blessed’with friends and family. Life is good.” Olson was born April 6, in Waterville, near Wenatchee and grew up on her family’s wheat farm. She is the youngest of six children. Olson hiked, rode horses and played 'soccer at Wa- terville High School, where she graduated in 1940. Olson married at age 17, and the couple had two sons. They moved to Portland during World War II, where Olson worked as a “Rosie the Riveter,” building pon- toons at the Portland Shipyards. In 1945, the family moved to Shelton, where Olson’s husband worked for Rayonier. “I loved it,” she said. “You knew everyone on the street. Ev- erything has changed except one thing: the old Log Cabin Tavern.” Olson attended cosmetology school in Olympia, and then began a 45—year career in hair styling. She and her second hus- band opened Olson’s Barber and Beauty Shop on Olympic High- way South, Where he was the barber. They worked together for We! deliver r or U-huul 34 years. After he died, Olson married Orvel Anderson in 1992. The couple moved to Alpine Way in 2017, where Anderson died two years later. “I have loved [every one of the workers,” she said. “They are like family. I have been blessed to have them in my life.” Good friends often come tovisit. Olson offers two pieces of ad- vice gleaned from her century of life: “Work hard and play hard.” V “Don’t be afraid to share your . loves.” NORTHWEST ROCK, m. llllllfl lflWNE IlllllllllY NllW [IPENl Miliiilfill H INK INJIWH‘K 33‘:".’\'.1.!3 ‘ :\H prmlwfi‘s am ‘/‘/,'\ IMI‘ .‘\;))1’t)‘/1)«l l l Wing; MIMI}, Our/u illn'imr, 951 W. KAMIIBHE { \ lllllY. 7AM-4PM IANE IN SHEIJIIN RIP WW ,‘4I'. 'l “i. ', .3 , I)‘l(.lllk illlll‘wlll ‘lll‘l IAIWI‘) (.Il‘lmlil‘) NWBIIBKJFOM Stare Conn. Reg. No. NORlHRl033NO