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Deposits m God s DankNellie Greenberg is 100 years old, and at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center, her family and friends celebrated Sunday at a party, ^ j?::But the party isn’t just because she’s 100. All you have to do to be a centigenarian is stay alive. The party is to celebrate the way Nellie spent her years.NELLIE HERSELF IS NOT about to tell you aboutall the things she did for people. “What did Idothat ssogreat?” she asks. “I did what I had to do. And like allgood deeds, what I did is deposited in God s bank . . .the bank that never fails.’’Well, Nellie did what she had to do, and then she didsome more.Her daughter Rebit Shapiro is eager to talk about her mother. Reba visits Nellie at PGC about three times a week. “My brotherAVillie and I take turns,” she says.“When 1 was just a little girl,” Reba reminisces, ”1 remember my mother working hard in the store (weowned a delicatessen and restaurant). My mother usedto feed 25 to 50 people a day. Free. People who could n’t afford to eat.“AND IN OUR HOME (it had eight bedrooms), wealways had people living with us whocouldn tpu thenown way.“Mom, remember little John?”It seems that John was one of their long-term vis-(Continued on Pnti? 54)
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Philadelphia Jewish Exponent
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 09, 1977
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