99TH BIRTHDAY

99TH BIRTHDAY!

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Friends and family gathered at New Beginnings in Milo on April 5 to honor Liona Speed on her 99th birthday. Pictured are front, from left, Speed’s daughter Cookie Bunker, Speed and daughter Lillian McLean. Second row, great-great grandsons Triston Green and Hunter McSorley and great-granddaughter, Andrea Green. Back, great-great granddaughter Hailey Reeves.

Speed didn’t share the secret for her longevity in so many words, but her optimism and determination were clear when she said, “Next year I’ll be a hundred.”