Virginia town celebrates former cafeteria managers 100th birthday NBC4 Washington [Video]

It’s been years since Helen Cook has made school lunches, but the small town of Lincoln, Virginia, hasn’t forgotten. They celebrated Cook’s 100th birthday over the weekend, and reminisced about her cooking that nourished three generations of children.

Cook was the cafeteria manager for schools in Lincoln for 50 years and spent most of that time working at Lincoln Elementary School.

She started cooking at the school in 1941, and made everything from scratch.

“I would carry my dough in a pan, in a kettle, and made my rolls when I got to the school and then everything there was homemade,” she said.

Later, Cook’s family moved into a house right next door to Lincoln Elementary.

“I loved children and my motto here was service to others,” she said.

Her former students remembered how Cook fed both body and soul with her kindness and caring.

“I just remember never being …