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Melba Knecht celebrates her 100th birthday recently with a family party. Knecht, a lifetime resident of South Whitehall Township, lived in a log cabin until she was 13 years old. Three generations of family pose for a photograph during Melba Knecht's 100th birthday celebration. Knecht's children, grandchildren and her brother and sister-in-law are among the guests. Standing in the back row, left to right, are: Dennis Knecht, of Kempton, and Thomas Knecht, of Phoenix, Ariz., two of Knecht's grandsons. Standing in the middle row, left to right, are: Knecht's grandson, Mark Knecht, of Emmaus, and Knecht's granddaughter Denise Fullweiler, of Lenhartsville, Knecht's son Edwin and his wife, June, of Allentown, Patricia and her husband, Robert, Knecht's son, of Macungie, and Knecht's granddaughter Theresa Nolan, of Fort Irwin, Calif. Seated, left to right, are Rebecca Nonnemaker, of Lower Macungie Township, Knecht's sister-in-law, Melba Knecht, 100, a lifetime resident of South Whitehall Township and William Nonnemaker, of Lower Macungie Township, Knecht's brother.