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HER SECRETS TO STAYING YOUNG
The Pueblo Chieftain (Colorado)
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
September 30, 2012 Sunday
by: Anthony A. Mestas, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.
Sept. 30--Jessie Daniels Hoerning knows a thing or two about the
secret to looking young.
Hoerning, who will turn 100 Tuesday, was the oldest Avon lady in the
country at one time in her native New Jersey.
"She sold it for 35 years. She believed in the Avon products and that
they made her more youthful looking," said Esther Hyatt, Hoerning's
daughter. "She would always tell people that the Avon made her
look young."
Hoerning celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday during a small
reception with family members at the Belmont Lodge.
"She never smoked, she never drank and she never gambled or any of
that kind of stuff. She ate whole food," Hyatt said.
"And she went very slow wherever she went. She didn't like to go fast,"
said Brian Hoerning, Hoerning's son.
The elder Hoerning was born in 1912 in Paterson, N.J. Her parents
emigrated from Armenia.
She was the first of her siblings to be born in America.
Through hard work, the family prospered over the years.
Wyatt, who lives in Pueblo West, brought her mother to Pueblo 10
years ago.
"She was a great cook, too," Wyatt said, looking at her mother sitting
in a wheel chair adorned with birthday balloons.
Hoerning was a cook at Central High School in Paterson, feeding 2,000
hungry students a day. She later cooked for a small coffee shop and
a supermarket.
Hoerning smiled as her only two children talked about her life.
"You are smiling mom.
Let me see your teeth," Brian Hoerning said.
"Yes, yes," the mother replied.
Hoerning has two children, six grandchildren and six great
grandchildren, some in town Saturday for the celebration.
The Pueblo Chieftain (Colorado)
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
September 30, 2012 Sunday
by: Anthony A. Mestas, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.
Sept. 30--Jessie Daniels Hoerning knows a thing or two about the
secret to looking young.
Hoerning, who will turn 100 Tuesday, was the oldest Avon lady in the
country at one time in her native New Jersey.
"She sold it for 35 years. She believed in the Avon products and that
they made her more youthful looking," said Esther Hyatt, Hoerning's
daughter. "She would always tell people that the Avon made her
look young."
Hoerning celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday during a small
reception with family members at the Belmont Lodge.
"She never smoked, she never drank and she never gambled or any of
that kind of stuff. She ate whole food," Hyatt said.
"And she went very slow wherever she went. She didn't like to go fast,"
said Brian Hoerning, Hoerning's son.
The elder Hoerning was born in 1912 in Paterson, N.J. Her parents
emigrated from Armenia.
She was the first of her siblings to be born in America.
Through hard work, the family prospered over the years.
Wyatt, who lives in Pueblo West, brought her mother to Pueblo 10
years ago.
"She was a great cook, too," Wyatt said, looking at her mother sitting
in a wheel chair adorned with birthday balloons.
Hoerning was a cook at Central High School in Paterson, feeding 2,000
hungry students a day. She later cooked for a small coffee shop and
a supermarket.
Hoerning smiled as her only two children talked about her life.
"You are smiling mom.
Let me see your teeth," Brian Hoerning said.
"Yes, yes," the mother replied.
Hoerning has two children, six grandchildren and six great
grandchildren, some in town Saturday for the celebration.