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Still cutting a rug at 100 years old

Wednesday, May 2, the focus was on Marcella Cohrs at Grand Meadows Senior Living for her birthday. She officially became a centenarian — 100 years old — a mark that only .0173 percent of Americans achieve, according to a 2010 study by GenealogyInTime magazine.
Marcella Cohrs was the second of seven children born to Otto and Emma Rennecke. She attended public school until her sophomore year in high school, when her dad pulled her out of school to work on her family’s farm following one of the most significant economic hardships the United States has ever seen.
She worked for many businesses in and around Glencoe, but most notably she was one of the first to be hired at Telex Communications, where she worked in the molding department. She started on Feb. 9, 1961, and retired on July 8, 1994 — 33 years of hard and loyal work.
One-hundred is an age Cohrs tenderly uttered is, “ … old.” She said it with a bright smile on her face, though, just before summoning — or, rather, challenging — her son, Rich Cohrs, to a dance.
“She told me she could still dance me off the floor,” Rich Cohrs said to the shockingly large crowd, which filled the room with giggles. The room was packed; some party-goers even leaked over to the adjacent room to continue celebrating. Once Marcella Cohrs linked hands with her son, the live music slowly silenced the crowd as everybody wanted an eye on the candid moment. Not a member of the audience could contain their smiles.
For more about Marcella Cohrs' 100th birthday, see the May 9 print edition of The Chronicle.