WESTMORELAND, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire woman celebrated a very big birthday recently – her 112th.

In what has become a tradition in its own right, friends and family gathered Thursday week for Mary Jo Ray’s birthday party at the Westmoreland nursing home where she lives. Relatives say Ray has never had a serious illness and is quite healthy for her age.

Four generations of family gathered for the party, including Ray’s 82-year-old son Donald Ray and seven-week old great-great-granddaughter. Ray celebrated her birthday in clothes older than most people: She wore a sweater she knit 94 years ago at the age of 18.

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