Cross Hills woman Kathleen Burgess celebrates 100th birthday (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Widow of former Cononley Methodist minister Rev Guthrie Burgess is 100

2:50pm Friday 20th January 2012 in Cross Hills

A long-time Wharfedale resident is celebrating her 100th birthday today.

Kathleen Burgess, widow of the Reverend Guthrie Burgess, a Methodist Minister in Cononley, is celebrating the landmark at Anchor’s Townend Close care home in Cross Hills.

She said: ”My grandparents and parents all lived to a good age. I’ve had a wonderful life.”

Mrs Burgess was a shorthand typist as a young woman and when World War Two broke out she joined the WAAF, serving for five years.

Her husband trained to become a Methodist Minister in London, going on to work in Cononley and then retiring to Glusburn.

Townend Close Manager Sharon Mackie said: “Kathleen is a lovely lady who is still very active and loves to join in with activities – she enjoys life to the full.”