BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Bakersfield woman celebrated her 101 birthday in Bakersfield on Monday.
Maxine Barber was showered with love by her family and friends in southwest Bakersfield.
She and her late husband John Barber moved to Bakersfield after World War II.
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The couple owned Barber Honda for many years and was very active in our community.
“She feels very blessed and thankful for the life she’s led and so do we. She was a big, part of the Stars Theater, she was on the board for I don’t even know how many years, but the arts are very important to her and pets, big animal lover, she supports the SPCA and a lot of causes here in town that are close to her heart,” her daughters Julie Henderson and Marianne Ekegren said.
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Maxine has two daughters, eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Happy birthday Maxine from all of us here at KGET 17 News.
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