Oldest U.S. active park ranger Betty Reid Soskin retires at 100

RICHMOND — The nation’s oldest active park ranger is hanging up her Smokey hat at the age of 100.retired Thursday after more than 15 years at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, California, the National Park Service announced.

FILE - Betty Reid Soskin, a 94-year-old National Park Service Ranger, is pictured at the visitors center of Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park where she works in Richmond, Calif., July 26, 2016. Soskin, the nation's oldest active park ranger, is hanging up her smokey hat at the age of 100. She retired Thursday, March 31, 2022, after more than 15 years at the park, the National Park Service announced.

EL SOBRANTE, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Betty Reid Soskin is photographed during a ceremony to celebrate her 100th birthday and the naming of the Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in honor of the nation's oldest living National Park Ranger on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in El Sobrante, Calif. EL SOBRANTE, CA - SEPTEMBER 22: Betty Reid Soskin is photographed during a ceremony to celebrate her 100th birthday and the naming of the Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in honor of the nation's oldest living National Park Ranger on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in El Sobrante, Calif.

RICHMOND, CA – JANUARY 14: National Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin, left, is greeted by National Park Service Superintendent Tom Leatherman, at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Soskin, 98, the nation’s oldest ranger, returned to work part-time on Wednesday after suffering a stroke five months ago.

RICHMOND, CA – JANUARY 14: National Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin, right, talks with fellow ranger Kelli English after greeting visitors at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Soskin, 98, the nation’s oldest ranger, returned to work part-time on Wednesday after suffering a stroke five months ago.

Betty Reid Soskin is the Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center’s Peace and Justice Advocate of the Year, which she will receive at the center’s 2016 Local Heroes Awards on Oct. 22, in Walnut Creek.

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