County resident Williamsen celebrates 100 years of life
Lester Williamsen in his apartment at East Park Villa. Williamsen turned 100-years old on April 4, and has experienced the Great Depression, World War II and lived to see his great-great-grandchild.
East Park Villa resident Lester Williamsen turned 100 on April 4, having been born in a hospital in York, but ever since remaining a lifelong Hamilton County resident with few exceptions.
Williamsen grew up on a farm between Hampton and Hordville in what he called the “Dirty 30’s.” He described the environment as hot, dry, with no crops and grasshoppers to eat what was left.
“People survived,” h…
