If Ruth Shuster spent any time standing still, it came as a surprise to her family.
From nearly three decades of working at McDonald’s Big Mac Museum in North Huntingdon, to hosting holidays well into her 90s, to twice-weekly square dances, the 100-year-old never seemed to slow down. As a matter of fact, her boss recently asked her to come in an extra day during the week, according to daughter-in-law Mary Lou Shuster of Irwin.
“He asked her to come in four days a week instead of three because people would come to the McDonald’s and ask about her,” Mary Lou said. “She was all about customer service and entertaining people, especially children.”
Ruth N. Shuster of Irwin died Sunday, Jan. 16. She was 100.
Born in the Brush Hill section of North Huntingdon, Shuster was the daughter of Italian immigrants Jack and Mary Nicolette. She went to the former Shafton and Scull schools, graduating from Norwin High School in 1938. As a teenager, she earned money working for 18 months as a seamstress at a downtown Irwin business. It was work through the Works Progress Administration, an ambitious employment program that gave jobs to millions of Americans during President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration.
It was one of a wide variety of jobs Shuster would have during her life.
“Mom was always getting a job somewhere,” Mary Lou Shuster said. “She worked at Spencer’s Gifts, at the A&P, a bunch of places.”
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