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Pennsylvania woman celebrates her 105th birthday

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 8 – Margaret Ree Watson, who worked 28 years at West Penn Hospital, celebrates a milestone birthday surrounded by friends and family, highlighting a life of dedication and community.

  • Margaret Ree Watson, born in 1920 in Birmingham, Alabama, celebrated her 105th birthday with friends and family at the Reformed Presbyterian Home in Pittsburgh.
  • Watson's family eventually settled in Pittsburgh after her childhood on a farm where they canned vegetables and made their own fun growing up.
  • Watson was employed at Teddy Horne's dining establishment as both a waitress and a cook before dedicating 28 years to housekeeping at West Penn Hospital, from which she retired in 1985.
  • She expressed that she simply focuses on her own path throughout and revealed that upon reaching 100, she was surprised to think she might not live to see another birthday, highlighting her astonishment at turning 105.
  • Watson remains healthy, mentally alert, lives independently, attends church regularly, and values her family and longtime community connections, suggesting resilience in later life.
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Pennsylvania woman celebrates her 105th birthday

Margaret says she doesn't have a secret to living this long, and is just grateful for family and to be able to see the progress of the world.

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WTAE broke the news in Pittsburgh, United States on Monday, July 7, 2025.
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