Marjorie Christianson, 91, has lived in West Seattle since 1920, except for five years in Anchorage where she barely survived the 1965 Earthquake there.

"Oh, it was a mess," recalled Christianson, a Park West Care Center resident. "The Penny's store fell down almost on my car. The poor lady in her car next to me didn't make it."

Many stop Christianson to say 'hello' and to remind her that she was their kindergartener teacher at Arbor Heights School where she taught for 25 years.

"I loved every minute of it," she said of her teaching. Prior to her Arbor Heights stretch, she taught in Elma, Bellevue, and Fort. Richardson, near Anchorage."One (Arbor Heights) student just came to visit me. He's about 6' 5" but looks the same as when he was five.

"I remember almost all of their names, and many of their parents, too," she said.