SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb 26, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Minnesota man who
marked his 100th birthday Thursday continues to work half days at the company he
has owned since 1955, family members said.
Bill Horst, son of centenarian Errett "Eddie" Horst, said his father still puts
in weekday hours at Globe Publishing in South St. Paul, Minn., and until six
months ago, he was driving himself to work for daily 8-hour shifts, the St. Paul
(Minn.) Pioneer-Press reported Thursday.
"He would've been gone at 85 if he had retired," Bill Horst said. "He comes here
every day, and it makes him feel like he's a part of the place. People -- his
old clients -- still come in here to see him and call to see how he's doing. But
there just aren't a lot of his old buddies left."
Eddie Horst, who has 15 great-grandchildren, said that despite needing a
magnifying glass to read mail and invoices since his eyesight began failing last
year, he is otherwise in perfect condition to work.
"Other than my eyesight, I'm fine," he said.
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