Marie Goos Spokane

Tue., May 14, 1996

Marie Goos, Spokane, is 100 years old today.

She was born May 14, 1896, in Moscow Mills, Mo., but moved to the Northwest when she was 10 years old.

She has lived in Spokane the past 56 years.

Goos, who graduated from Otis Orchards High School in 1915, was a secretary for Shaw-Borden for three years, going to work for Leroy’s General Store in Hillyard from 1918-1928, and for attorney George E. Brown. She retired in 1970.

She attributes her longevity to keeping busy.

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