“I don’t get up to much these days,” she said.
“I like reading if I can find a good book and I catch up with the girls for a game of 500 as often as I can.”
Mrs Edwards, who celebrated her birthday with family and friends on September 19, also enjoys playing cards. She said she does not cheat but her friends, however, describe her as a card sharp.
“We like a game of 500 — I try to win but I never cheat,” she said.
Mrs Edwards is the oldest of three children including brother Jack and sister Shirley. She grew up in Red Cliffs where her parents Frank and Clarice Pollock started a fruit block in the Soldier Settlement Scheme.
After completing four years of university, she started her career as a nurse in 1935 and worked at Ballarat Base Hospital.
In 1947 she married the love of her life, Eric Edwards, before returning to Red Cliffs where they followed in her parents’ footsteps.
They bought their own fruit block which they successfully ran for 25 years, and welcomed their first and only child, John Edwards, into the world in 1949.
In 1974 the pair sold the property and retired in Moonta Bay, South Australia.
With their son raising three of his own children in Shepparton, along with Mr Edwards’ health deteriorating, the couple decided to move to Shepparton.
The pair spent happy years together alongside their son and grandchildren in Shepparton before Mr Edwards died in 1999.
Since then Mrs Edwards lived independently up until May last year when she moved into Maculata Place.
She said this year’s celebrations were nothing too fancy.
“We had a lovely cake and of course a glass of champagne, thanks to my son,” Mrs Edwards said.