They could be spending their days snoozing in a rocking chair, but seniors who are still working into their 90s know that punching the clock encourages better health, longer life span, sharpened cognitive skills, and greater happiness. For these nonagenarians, staying in the loop is the best way to retire.
It’s a quiet Monday morning and I’m lingering casually over my coffee when the phone rings. It’s Ruth returning my call. I explain that I’ve been trying to contact her for an article about people who are over 90 years old and still working. Is she willing to be interviewed? Fine she says but when? “I don’t have the time now ” she quickly explains “but you can call me after five this afternoon.” Then she adds “I hope this isn’t going to take more than 10 minutes.”
Ninety-one-year-old Mrs. Ruth Heyman ofStockholmSweden runs a jewelry enterprise and keeping busy it seems is what keeps her young. Apparently the secret to happiness and longevity is not only yogurt or yoga. It’s work.
Mrs. Heyman and her late husband were both born inSweden and although most Jewish refugees who harbored in this neutral country during World War II eventually left for other lands after the war the Heymans stayed and raised a family inSweden.
When a Belgian Israeli opened a diamond business inStockholm he hired Mrs. Heyman to manage the office while he traveled overseas. She quickly learned everything she could about precious stones and metals and she managed that business until just two years ago when she was 89. That’s when her daughter Madelaine asked her to join her in running Semgel Guld her upscale jewelry store in downtownStockholm.
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