A trio of Sun City West residents living at Sun City West Assisted Living, 13810 W. Sandridge Drive, reached, or nearly so, the century mark of their lives.

Florence Woodward, 101, Janet Orr, 104, and Lucille Duran, who will be 99 in August, are sharing secrets to longevity. Woodard sayid there is no secret, Orr added it’s from healthy eating and Duran said that it comes from hard work and dedication. In any case, it is special to have three local ladies live so much life.

Woodward was born in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was married to her husband, Bob, for 64 years. She has three children, one daughter and two sons. They share one grandson. Bob worked in New York City for 64 years. Woodard likes to listen to books on cassette tapes, attends the exercise classes in the community and listens to all kinds of music.

She said there is no secret to longevity.

“God has just been good to me,” she said.

She has been a resident at Sun City West Assisted Living since 2018.

Orr is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has been at Sun City West Assisted Living for almost a month. She was married to her husband, David, for 54 years. They are both very active. Orr loved playing golf and tennis. She enjoys watching it on TV, too. She also enjoys playing bridge and listening to music. Orr has three children and seven grandchildren. She was a housewife for many years, however, during the last couple of years of her husband’s career, she worked in his ophthalmologist practice. In addition, she was a caregiver to her mother, who she cared for eight years.

“Well, it’s in my genes. My Mom lived to be 103 years old,” she said of her long life.

She said she ate healthy, home-cooked meals and plenty of vegetables.

Duran comes from San Luis, Colorado. She has been a resident for seven months. Duran was married to Adlemo, who went by Al. They share two daughters, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She loves working on puzzles, sewing and bowling.

Duran grew up working, starting at the age of 14, picking weeds on the farm. She eventually transitioned into working for large department stores and was a receptionist for the last six years of her work history. She worked until she was almost 70 years old. Her husband worked as a carpet cleaner and then eventually owned his own cleaning company. He also worked until he was almost 70 and transitioned to working part-time as a limo driver the last six years of his work history.