By CHRISTIE BLECK
April 3, 2011
From Ingham County Community News
MASON - Come Thursday, April 7, Glenn Oesterle will be one of the few people on the planet to mark a certain milestone: a 100th birthday.
An open house for Oesterle, will take place from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at his home, the Green Acres assisted living community, 1025 E. Ash St.. If you ask Glenn, though, about his upcoming celebration, he might answer, "That's what they tell me." However, that Saturday will give Glenn a chance to visit with family from as far away as Florida and Washington, D.C.
Friends are invited as well. "We got all these cupcakes," Pam, his daughter-in-law, said. "We're trying to figure out the colors now."
Glenn's son, Charles, said his dad was an area farmer plus kept a real estate office in addition to performing appraisals. Pam said Glenn even kept up with technology, learning how to use computers in the 1980s for his work. Glenn probably doesn't surf the Web much now. In fact, when asked what he likes to do, he answered, "Sit here," referring to his favorite chair brought from his former home.
Also decorating his tidy living space at Green Acres are paintings by his late wife, Luceil, to whom he was married for 75 years. A commemorative wall hanging signifying that diamond anniversary also hangs in Glenn's room.
Pam said her father-in-law reads the Lansing State Journal over and over, and isn't much into bridge or Bingo. He also gets plenty of visits from family and staff.
"The nurses come down and spend a lot of time with him," she said.
Many well-wishers probably will show up April 9 to spend time with Glenn for his personal centennial, even though his 100th birthday doesn't appear to enter his mind much. "Never thought much about it," he said.
However, Pam pointed out, "And now we're making such a big deal of it."
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