WESTAMPTON -- The Applebee's restaurant here threw a surprise birthday party Tuesday for one of its waitresses, a great-grandmother and mother of eight who holds her own with co-workers less than one-fourth her age.

A cake and presents greeted Katherine Walsh when she showed up for her work on her 90th birthday, WPVI in Philadelphia reported. The Delran resident, known as Miss Katherine, has worked at the restaurant for the last 13 years.

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"It's fantastic. It's fabulous that all these people would come out for my birthday," she told the station.

Walsh, the oldest of the chain's 40,000 employees, said she does plan to retire -- in another five years.

"I'm part of life, I'm not just sitting there. I'm part of living. I'm out every day. I have a purpose. I enjoy it," Walsh said.

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