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News We Love: 94-year-old woman retires after 75 years on the job

PRODUCTS IT CAN’T SELL ANYMORE. AFTER MORE THAN SEVEN DECADES IN EASTERN IOWA, WOMAN IS RETIRING FROM HER JOB SEVEN DECADES AT THE SAME JOB, 94 YEAR OLD ANN SCHRADER HAD BEEN A BOOKKEEPER FOR DAVENPORT SPRING COMPANY SINCE 1949. THAT’S 75 YEARS AT WORK FOR THE SAME PLACE, SCHRADER SAYS SHE FELT RIGHT AT HOME THERE, WORKING WITH THOSE AUTO AND TRUCK PARTS BECAUSE SHE STARTED DRIVING HER DAD’S SEMI WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 17, AND TAKE A LISTEN TO HER TALKING ABOUT HER LOVE FOR THE JOB. THAT’S KEPT HER GOING ALL THESE YEARS. DON’T STAY AT A JOB THAT YOU DON’T LIKE. FIND SOMETHING THAT MEETS WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO, AND YOU DO THE BEST AT IT. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A JOB YOU DON’T LIKE, YOU NEVER DO THE JOB. THE PROPER WAY. NEVER. THAT’S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. SCHRADER SAYS SHE’S NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH

News We Love: 94-year-old woman retires after 75 years on the job

An Iowa woman has announced her retirement after more than 70 years on the job.Ninety-four-year-old Ann Schroeder says she’s retiring from a bookkeeping job that she’s held for more than seven decades.Schroeder started working for the Davenport Spring Company back in 1949. She says she felt right at home working with auto and truck parts because she started driving her dad’s semitruck when she was 17.Schroeder says her love for the job is what’s kept her going all these years.Now that she’s retired, Schroeder says she looks forward to spending time with family and friends.

DES MOINES, Iowa —

An Iowa woman has announced her retirement after more than 70 years on the job.

Ninety-four-year-old Ann Schroeder says she’s retiring from a bookkeeping job that she’s held for more than seven decades.

Schroeder started working for the Davenport Spring Company back in 1949. She says she felt right at home working with auto and truck parts because she started driving her dad’s semitruck when she was 17.

Schroeder says her love for the job is what’s kept her going all these years.

Now that she’s retired, Schroeder says she looks forward to spending time with family and friends.