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Escalon Resident Marks Special Century Birthday
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Surrounded by Magnolia Ranch owner Ray Caparros and staff members Brandy Ramczyk, Jackie Headley and Jimie Perez, Escalon resident Catherine Johns, center, will turn 100 years old on Jan. 1, 2016. A Dec. 19 celebration hosted by family and friends in Modesto marked the occasion. Marg Jackson/The Times
Catherine Johns is ready to embrace the New Year – and her second century of life. The resident of Magnolia Ranch outside Escalon will mark her 100th birthday on Friday, Jan. 1, having been born in 1916. She recently celebrated the occasion at a birthday party attended by about 45 family members and friends, hosted at the home of Mike and Irene Schenone.