Staten Island woman, 105, shares secrets to long life: Faith in God, hard work and red wine at dinner
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Not even a pandemic could stop Camille Petosa from celebrating her 105th birthday on Jan. 7. Although COVID-19 nixed any plans for an in-person birthday party, the Dongan Hills resident was feted by family and friends via a ZOOM party.
Mrs. Petosa was born Camille Marie DiIorio in Kinney, Minn., on Jan. 7, 1916, one of seven children. Although raised in several mining towns on the Masabi Range, she worked in her younger years on her family’s small farm.