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The centenarian-plus birthday club has grown by another member in Tioga County, New York. Long-time Newark Valley resident, Josephine \u201cJo\u201d Dunn, pictured inside Riverview Manor in Owego, is celebrating her 106th birthday on Jan. 28.\u00a0(Photo by\u00a0JoAnn R. Walter)<\/p><\/div>\n

The centenarian-plus club has grown by another member in Tioga County, New York. The 100-plus-six birthday club, that is. Long-time Newark Valley resident, Josephine \u201cJo\u201d Dunn, now living at Riverview Manor in Owego, is celebrating her 106th birthday on Jan. 28.<\/p>\n

Last year, Barton, N.Y. resident, Helen Grier, turned 106. Thought to be the oldest resident in Tioga County, Helen was born in 1909 and will be 107 in May.<\/p>\n

Born in the timeframe that Orville and Wilbur Wright\u2019s new company, The Wright Company, had set up a factory in Dayton, Ohio, along with a flying school and test flight field, Jo Dunn has witnessed and experienced multiple changes in America\u2019s history since her birth near Scranton, Pa. in 1910.<\/p>\n

In the 1930\u2019s, when Jo was about 23 years old, she showed off her courageous side and took a ride in an open cockpit bi-plane with her then boyfriend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t really that scared,\u201d she commented.<\/p>\n

Regarding the onset of automobile transportation, Jo exclaimed, \u201cMy first car ride was in a Tin Lizzie!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jo shared that her first car ride was in Henry Ford\u2019s \u201cTin Lizzie,\u201d or better known as the Model T. \u00a0Before cars became more affordable, Jo said most people had a horse barn and rode horses or horses with carriages to get around.<\/p>\n

An only child, Jo was raised by her widowed mother in Dalton, Pa., near Clarks Summit; her father passed away when she was only four years old. A story that still saddens her today, as a young man, her father was accidentally shot near his heart with a pistol, and survived. The bullet remained for several years as he went about daily life, with surgery not an option then. While out hiking and hunting one day, he over-exerted himself and the bullet shifted, causing his heart to stop.<\/p>\n

Jo said her mother worked as a telephone operator to support them and was able to keep young Jo with her while she worked, and eventually remarried. Perhaps inheriting a longevity-gene, Jo\u2019s mother lived to age 98.<\/p>\n

Jo met her husband, William Dunn, Sr. in Scranton and they married in 1936. The couple owned a Five and Dime store ironically called \u201cThe Penny Saver,\u201d and relocated to the Southern Tier where her husband secured a job at IBM. He passed away in 1992.<\/p>\n

For many years, the Dunn\u2019s traveled back and forth between New York and Florida, snow-birding at the east coast towns of Fort Pierce and Vero Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the ocean,\u201d Jo shared, and added, \u201cI like when it laps against my feet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jo herself worked as a secretary, stenographer, and operated a switchboard. Jo also worked at an insurance company. \u00a0One of her favorite jobs, however, was writing for several local newspapers, and she also submitted material to a nostalgia magazine called, \u201cReminisce.\u201d<\/p>\n

An avid reader, Jo enjoys reading the newspaper every day. Alert with a sharp memory still intact, a talent of Jo\u2019s is singing favorite songs, of which she remembers much of the lyrics, and entertained this writer with the tune, \u201cHarvest Moon\u201d during our interview. She shared a memory about visiting music stores back-in-the-day that had musicians who played the piano and sang, and you could decide if you wanted to buy the music or not.<\/p>\n

When asked what her secret is to a long life, Jo explained, \u201cDon\u2019t argue or quarrel and keep positive,\u201d and she added the number one secret is, \u201cKeep a sense of humor!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jo said she can get along with just about anybody. An example of that trait along with her sense of humor; when the conversation turned briefly to politics, Jo said she couldn\u2019t say if Donald Trump would be one of those people she could get along with.<\/p>\n

For her birthday celebration, Jo\u2019s long-time friends, the \u201cLunch Bunch,\u201d will visit her at Riverview Manor, and she will also go to the home of her son, Bill Dunn, Jr., for a birthday party. Joined by generations of family members, Jo\u2019s great-granddaughter will celebrate her first birthday at the same time, her middle name of which happens to be Josephine.<\/p>\n

Jo said she never fully liked her first name and prefers to be called Jo instead of Josephine.<\/p>\n

Jo has two sons, Bill Jr. and Jay, four grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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