'COME ON EILEEN': Grand Rapids woman retires from job at 95
When Eileen Visser was hired at Northfield Lanes in 1968, she never imagined she'd remain employed there for 53 years. But that's what happened.
Author: Brent Ashcroft
Updated: 4:02 PM EDT June 11, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Is there really an exact retirement age?
We always hear 65 or 67 are the ages to hang it up.
A West Michigan woman has redefined 'retirement age', because working everyday has been 'right up her alley.'
"Northfield Lanes just became my second home," said Eileen Visser, 95. "I think of all the 50-plus years I worked here, I only missed 5 days."