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Shinnecock Hills Resident Is Feted by Friends and Family on 100th Birthday

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Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

Samples of many of the homemade Christmas ornaments that Marjorie Ridgway has made over the years were on display at her 100th birthday celebration at the Windmill Lane Firehouse in Southampton on January 4. CAILIN RILEY

A slideshow of photos at the party showed Marjorie Ridgway with her family in younger years. CAILIN RILEY

A slideshow of photos at the party showed Marjorie Ridgway with her family in younger years. CAILIN RILEY

Marjorie Ridgway and her husband, Emerson Ridgway, when they moved into their new home in Shinnecock Hills. CAILIN RILEY

Marjorie Ridgway and her husband, Emerson Ridgway, when they moved into their new home in Shinnecock Hills. CAILIN RILEY

Marjorie Ridgway, right, with her sister, Virginia Christensen, at Ridgway's 100th birthday party on January 4. She turned 100 the next day, January 5. CAILIN RILEY

Marjorie Ridgway, right, with her sister, Virginia Christensen, at Ridgway's 100th birthday party on January 4. She turned 100 the next day, January 5. CAILIN RILEY

authorCailin Riley on Jan 14, 2025
About 80 people, several of them arriving from across the country, gathered at the Southampton Firehouse on Hampton Road earlier this month to celebrate a special resident marking a very... more

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