100-year-old Central California woman celebrates 25th birthday on Leap Day

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a peculiar time astatine Park Visalia Assisted Living & Memory Care. One of the residents, Helen Davidson, turns 100 connected a time that lone comes erstwhile each 4 years... making this lone her 25th birthday.

"Good to spot you. Happy birthday," said family.

Davidson says her religion and household person helped her unrecorded a afloat life, but it takes much than that.

"Just ever being decent. Being a bully person," said Davidson.

And being a bully idiosyncratic is thing Davidson's daughter, Davelen Foster, noticed astir her mother.

"She's conscionable ever been a well-liked person. She's fun. She likes to gag astir with people, too," said Foster.

She adds, her parent was ever progressive and has maintained carnal activity, adjacent arsenic she reached 100 years of age.

Foster said her parent lives beingness to the fullest.

Davidson grew up connected a workplace successful Kansas earlier moving to Los Angeles. In the metropolis of angels, she met her husband, Dave.

This is the 2 connected their wedding day. The mates past moved northbound to Orosi successful 1951, wherever they raised their 4 kids.

But Davidson wanted more-- an education.

"She went to Fresno State. We saw our parent postgraduate from Fresno State. And she was a teacher. And truthful she taught astatine El Monte School successful Oroisi," said Foster.

Foster said the household plans to observe this important leap -- each weekend.

Something Davidson is grateful for.

"I'm conscionable gladsome that I person specified a bully family. That my household is going to beryllium present contiguous to assistance maine celebrate," said Davidson.