Individuals who have spent their lives doing something that they love are an absolute inspiration, especially if they helped people along the way.
As women's rights and roles evolved throughout the year, hearing about strong, business-minded females who have been doing their jobs for decades and decades is even more inspiring.
This is why 93-year-old Alice Graber's story is so impressive!
Having worked as a nurse for over 70 years, she is finally retiring and received a sweet send-off celebrating her years of assistance in the medical field.
Nurses are an endlessly important part of our world, offering tireless personal care to the sick and wounded.
They devote a truly staggering amount of their time to their patients like these four heroic nurses, which make Graber's number of years in the field even more amazing.
Check down below to learn more about her long life as a caregiver.
[H/T: ABC News]
After over seven decades of service, the amazing Alice Graber is finally retiring from nursing.
At 93 years old, she has been part of the ever-important and ever-changing medical field for 72 years.
A rousing retirement celebration was thrown for her at the Salem Mennonite Home in Freeman, SD, where she spent 20 of her 72 years working.
"I told them that [a party] wasn't necessary and the director, Shirley Knodel, she said, 'Oh no, we've got to do something here for you,'" Graber explained to ABC News.
"I [had fun] because of all the people coming and going that congratulated me. It was almost overwhelming."
Born in Nebraska, Graber was originally going to be a home economics teacher, but went on to complete the nursing program at Lincoln's St. Elizabeth Hospital.
She had always been interested in the prospect of nursing as a way of helping others while getting to be sociable and interact with people.
In addition to her impressive nursing career, Graber is also a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother!
Though her husband has passed, whom she married in 1944, she still has seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren to dote over.
Throughout the years, her personality became synonymous with her profession as a caregiver and a healer.
"My mother is 93 and in her generation, nursing was a sense of identity, in addition to making a difference in people's lives especially in the local community," Graber's daughter, Sharon Waltner, explained to ABC News.
"She was with parents when there was a birth and a death. These were some of the meaningful experiences that carry through the years."
She has also been praised by the Salem Mennonite Home for being constantly sweet, bubbly, and energetic, proving that some things remain the same regardless of aging!
In a time when we need nurses and medical personnel more than ever, Graber's long, rich history and kindness, healing, and service is truly remarkable.
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