93-year-old Woman Marks 75 Years With Same Company

By JAY REEVES, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 11/21/2014 - 11:13am

The 93-year-old Birmingham woman is celebrating 75 years as an employee of the family-owned Bromberg & Co., which dates to 1836 and is one of the nation's oldest family-owned retailers. Moore was hired to polish silver at Bromberg's on Nov. 21, 1939, when Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and before the United States entered World War II. Bromberg said Moore is still a valued employee who contributes to the bottom line. Moore, who has outlived two husbands and has no children, still lives at home but says church friends help her clean and cook.

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