Centenarian teacher answers questions for Rock Bridge Elementary students

October 27, 2011 | 5:58 p.m. CDT

Martha Fennewald, 101, spoke with second-grade students at Rock Bridge Elementary School on Thursday morning. This week, Fennewald received an honorary teaching degree from the University of Central Missouri. Fennewald began working as a teacher in 1927 in Westphalia and taught off and on for 60 years.