Centenarians have lots of stories to tell

MOSES LAKE — Edna Watkins, Ann Klobucher and Helen Theis have seen a lot. They were girls in grade school when the Great Depression started, in their late teens and early 20s when World War II started. They were in their late 40s when men walked on the moon and in their early 80s at the start of a new century. They’re still going, 100 years – or more –after they were born. Tice will celebrate her 100th birthday March 9; Kobucher will be 102 years old March 7 and Watkins turns 103 years of age March 3. “Gee, Mom, you’re the young ’un here,” Tice’s daughter Jackie Chmela told her when the three women and members of their families got together at Monroe House, where they live. Tice is a Spokane girl, the daughter of a farm family, she said.