A special day: VITAS Healthcare celebrates 104th birthday of local resident

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- It was a special day for one local woman. On Aug. 17, she turned 104 years old.

"Happy birthday, dear Irene. Happy birthday to you!"

VITAS Healthcare in Menomonee Falls threw Irene Mueller a surprise birthday party with cake, balloons and lots of caring people.

Irene's family says she still stays very active and is a very generous, independent woman who was living her own life until the age of 99.

They say the secret for her living for so long is a healthy diet of foods like doughnuts and mashed potatoes and gravy.