BOCA RATON – A WWII veteran will quickly be celebrating her 100th birthday.
“Yeah, I will not truly feel like I am likely to be 100, but then I do– due to the fact I overlook a great deal,” States Edith D’Eletto Vancheri.
Edith D’Eletto Vancheri was born in New Jersey in 1923.
She went to university as a nurse and enlisted in the military at 20 a long time old.
“It was the greatest expertise, and it was also a single of the saddest of periods,” she says.
Vancheri was deployed to India and labored as a nurse for two yrs.
“I try to remember I was holding a soldier in my arms, he experienced burns all around his body and he looked at me, smiled, and died in my arms,” she mentioned.
“That was a really unhappy day for me.”
When the war was over, she moved to Hialeah, received married, and had four small children.
“I was equipped to have 4 wonderful small children, grandchildren, and fantastic-grandchildren,” she said.
“I have lived a superb daily life.”
Though dwelling in South Florida, she turned a enormous Miami Dolphins fan.
“I love Dan Marino, he is my baby,” mentioned Vancheri.
“He shook my hand at a Dolphins sport at the time, and I will not think I washed my hand for months.”
She states feeding on spaghetti, uncommon steak, and drinking scotch have held her younger.
Her suggestions for the more youthful technology?
“Just be fair to you, and just see excellent in anyone you fulfill,” she said.
Vancheri’s spouse and children is scheduling a huge centennial celebration, her major working day is on Feb. 12th.
