Off The Hook
June 15, 2015

At age 100, she became an author!

By Melanie Behrens

Mary Alice Patch Schacherbauer was born on Dec. 22, 1914, which makes her now more than 100 years old. She has lived in Union County all of her life. Born in Chuckery, she also lived for a while with her family in Essex, but her real heart lies in Jerome Township and New California, where she gradua...

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