Muriel Lowcock celebrated her 100th birthday on Dec. 29 at Blue Mountain Manor in Stayner.
The long-time Mulmur Township resident celebrated with friends and members of her church family.
Lowcock was born in Toronto on Dec. 29, 1916, the third child of George and Muriel Salter. She grew up on the 25th Sideroad of Mulmur, at the Third Line East.
She met her husband on the first day of work as she was placing cinnamon sticks in the box at National Grocers. Her heart would skip a beat when she heard his footsteps.
She married fun loving Earnest Lowcock on August 27, 1935 and they were married for 46 years. Together, they adopted two children. Earnest was an extremely hardworking man and was always willing to help others.
Earnest and Muriel lived in Alderwood before moving to Willowdale. Lowcock had constant work and was always in good health.
As a career woman, Lowcock was vice president of Key Advertising in Willowdale for 15 years.
Lowcock was employed for 22 years as a corps secretary with Salvation Army Hope Acres. Later, she remained an active volunteer at Hope Acres rehabilitation centre.
Lowcock spent 23 years as the Environment Canada weather monitor for the north Mulmur area, during which, twice daily she would trudge out to the monitoring station at the back of her property to record data. She was tasked with reading the Stevenson Screen that registered temperature, rainfall, and snowfall.
At the age of 84, Lowcock fulfilled a long-time dream, when she parachuted from an airplane.
In 2011, at the age of 94, she was named Mulmur’s senior of the year. She was also a long-time member of the Women’s Institute and the Bruce Trail Association and once hiked from Lavender to Mono Mills in 12 hours.
Bryan Davies photo: Muriel Lowcock celebrates her 100th birthday Dec. 29.