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100-year-birthdays
By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times,
published June 13, 2001
Eva G. Overly, born June 6, 1901, celebrated her 100th birthday last week. She was born in Delphi, Ind., to Maude Chapman. She moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1921 to work as a bookkeeper at General Electric Co. She married Carl C. Overly in 1922. In 1962, after retiring, she and her husband moved to St. Petersburg.
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Antonette "Nettie" Paulina Mentzel DeLara, born June 8, 1896, in Stade, West Germany, celebrated her 105th birthday recently. Her parents were Milchior and Antonia Woytkowiak Mentzel. She came to the United States in about 1943 and lived in Atlantic City, N.J., for about 34 years before moving to St. Petersburg sometime around 1977.
Her working days were spent in the hotel and restaurant business. After retirement, she volunteered at various senior centers and at Pinellas Association for Retarded Children until age 90.
She is a member of St. Mary our Lady of Grace Church.
She and Pepe DeLara had two daughters. Her surviving daughter, Hilda F. Burns, lives in Philadelphia.
- We think that living a hundred years is worth our taking notice. If you or someone in your family is about to celebrate their hundredth birthday, let us know. Send the information to 100-year Birthdays, St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731-1121 or fax to (727) 893-8675.
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