(Evansville, IN) — When Irving Levine blew out the candles on his 104th birthday cake Tuesday, he had no idea Evansville’s mayor was about to make the celebration official.
The former Army Air Corps sergeant, believed to be Indiana’s oldest living World War II veteran, was surrounded by three generations of family and friends at his birthday party when Mayor Stephanie Terry walked in with a proclamation declaring Feb. 4 as “Sergeant Irving Levine Day” in the southern Indiana city.
“He was completely shocked,” said Levine’s granddaughter, Rachel Morrison. “We all were. It was such a beautiful moment.”…