On Sunday in Oakland, the 100th birthday celebration for a retired San Francisco teacher became a heartfelt class reunion.
OAKLAND -- On Sunday afternoon in Oakland, a 100th birthday celebration for a retired teacher became a heartfelt class reunion. Students from nearly four decades showed up to honor their beloved mentor, known simply as Flossie.As she wheeled herself down the hallway to her own birthday party, Florence Lewis was thinking about the students who were on their way to see her.
I just always felt that we were all engaged in some process together that was very exciting and a lot of fun.'Another former student, Susan Simpson, became a lifelong friend and helped organize the reunion. She lives with a condition called 'primary lateral sclerosis,' an illness related to ALS which has taken her voice but, speaking through an audio text reader, Susan said it was Flossie who helped bring her out of her shell in high school.
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