Longtime Mountain View resident Elzene Yancey is about to celebrate another remarkable milestone – her 106th birthday.
Born Jan. 16, 1920, Yancey is proud of the significance of her birth date: On that day prohibition began, and later that year, the 19th Amendment – granting women the right to vote – was ratified. In addition to teaching, raising two sons and working with her husband, during WWII, she worked in an airplane factory in Kansas City, in charge of cafeterias. Yancey has long been active in the community and church (she has been a member of Los Altos United Methodist Church for 63 years) and volunteer work, as well as extensive world travel. According to housemate Devik Schreiner, “From meeting Eleanor Roosevelt to attending a parade for Charles Lindbergh, Elzene Yancey has seen it and done it all with class.” Yancey will celebrate with family and friends at a birthday dinner at Chef Chu’s. A longer article on Yancey appeared in the Town Crier in 2024, on the occasion of her 104th birthday – to read more about her interesting life, visit losaltosonline.com.
