July 18, 2014 at 3:08 p.m.
Local woman turns 100 years old
Local woman turns 100 years old
By Kayla Thomason-
She attributes her longevity to the happy life she has led. It has been filled with love, laughs and family, she said.
"I had a wonderful life, a wonderful husband, wonderful children, everything was wonderful," she said. "I had a beautiful life."
She talked about her travels to Italy, which she found beautiful, and China, where her daughter-in-law, Mary Ann, is from.
Kofler also reminisced about her husband and that special day when she married her love.
"When we got out to the car - the priest had not allowed us to have a kiss at the altar - so when we got in the car to go away my husband said 'you are not getting away this fast you've got to give me a kiss,' and that was it," she said.
"That was that special man that made my life happy, he did, and through him I got these four wonderful kids and they also make me very happy and their spouses are wonderful."
To mark the occasion, she ate a piece of birthday cake with her photo on it.
The cake was a gift from a friend in Arizona who gave her $100.
"And with that $100 I wanted to buy a birthday cake and I wanted to have my picture taken with the birthday cake and sent back to Irlene to show her how I spent her $100," Kofler said.
Kayla Breese may be reached at [email protected].
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