“I’ve spent 90 years working up to this party,” said Milton Vaverek at the start of his 90th birthday party, held on Dec. 14 at Dunbar Recreation Center. Vaverek stood in the center of the main room at Dunbar, one hand holding a microphone, the other a helium birthday balloon, just before he kicked off a warm-up square dance for a substantial crowd of family and friends.
Milton Vaverek celebrated his official birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Born in Pontiac, Mich., in 1933, Vaverek grew up on a farm, which would establish the life philosophy and work ethic he would uphold for the rest of his life.
“I grew up doing farmwork,” Vaverek said. “Ever since then, I’ve been busy.”
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