A Sublette Center resident will claim the title of centenarian this year, something few get to do. Ellen Reed, Sublette County native, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sept. 19.
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A Sublette Center resident will claim the title of centenarian this year, something few get to do. Ellen Reed, Sublette County native, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sept. 19. An accomplishment such as this is merely a drop in the bucket for this spunky 100-year-old.
Reed grew up in Daniel, Wyo., with two siblings, her father, a cowboy and mother, a teacher and postmistress. Reed pursued a career in education, following in her mother's footsteps, but not before joining the Navy WAVES. During her time in the service, she worked as a weather observer.
"I could tell the pilots whether they could fly or not," Reed said. "I liked it. You know, something different."
After the war ended in 1945, she returned to Daniel where she reunited with a beau from her childhood, Hugh "Hammer" Reed. He too was returning from wartime service. The two fell in love, were married on Sept. 1, 1947, and as they say, the rest is history.