ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) — A group of centenarians who survived the Eaton Fire was honored on Wednesday.

It was a celebration 100 years in the making at the MonteCedro Retirement Community in Altadena as they honored five centenarians -- which is the name for a person 100 years old or older.

Two of the honorees marked their 101st birthdays.

"Never thought about it. It just kept happening year after year," said 101-year-old Jean Bruce Poole.

Bruce Poole and Helen Devore are also both World War II veterans, serving on opposite sides of the pond.

"I was in the British Navy. I was a Wren. We were called Wrens because of Women's Royal Naval Service," Bruce Poole said.

"When I was 20 years old, I went in the Navy," 101-year-old Helen Devore said. "WWII was on, and I was very patriotic."

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