Laura Hardt celebrates 97th birthday with friends/ family

Laura Hardt, formerly of Odessa, celebrated her 97th birthday on July 31 with several relatives and friends. Hardt now lives at the Regency senior-living apartments in Spokane, near where her daughter Dixie Hardt Moore lives. Moore, her husband and extended family were on hand to play cards with Laura in the afternoon in the Regency’s hospitality room, then to accompany the birthday girl to dinner at the Golden Corral buffet-style restaurant.

Also present to help celebrate the birthday, in addition to other relatives and friends, was Laura’s only sister Jean Parr, 91, of Harrington.