by Lisa Schauer
Gladys Potts’ family and friends threw her a surprise party at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Hancock on Sunday afternoon, October 1.
With her 100th birthday approaching this Friday, Mrs. Potts thought she was going to help make apple dumplings for a fundraiser, like every year.
Instead, she was greeted by dozens of members of her family and congregation in the social hall to celebrate her 100th birthday.
A lively-looking Potts beamed as she made her way through her large extended family gathered for the open house.
“Take it easy, and keep working,” offered Potts, a retired homemaker who raised seven children, and still lives on the family farmstead in Little Orleans.
She married her late husband, James, in Cumberland in 1941. He was a railroad man. She cooked, canned, milked cows, and churned butter.
“Not all those fancy things. I did my best. The good Lord keeps me going,” Potts said with a smile as friends and family gathered to celebrate her.
