The folks who wonder when Albertine Sellers might retire from the City and County of Denver might as well stop with their speculation.

As long as her mind is sharp and her fingers are flexible, Sellers, 90, plans to keep working . Even after reaching her 70th anniversary with the city this fall.

“No. 1, I do not want to retire, because I would not be able to stay here in this house and look at these walls 24/7,” she said. “And No. 2, as long as I can think and as long as I can use my hands, I am still willing to work.

“And, really, I enjoy working.”

Sellers celebrated her 70th anniversary on Oct. 17 with a party hosted by the Denver Department of Public Safety, where she works in the human resources office. She is Denver’s longest-serving employee in its 167-year history, so far as

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