Photo Gallery: Donna Custer’s surprise 90th-birthday celebration at Our Lady Queen of Angels

Donna Custer laughs during a surprise 90th-birthday celebration thrown for her by teachers, students and faculty at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach, where she has been an aide for 28 years.

The Rev. Kerry Beaulieu wishes Donna Custer a happy 90th birthday Monday during a surprise party for her at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach.

Third-grader Leila Woodward and fifth-grader Joseph McClendon III perform Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” during a surprise 90th-birthday celebration for school aide Donna Custer at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach on Monday. Custer was once a showgirl at New York’s famed Copacabana nightclub.

Donna Custer applauds after a student performance during her surprise 90th-birthday celebration at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach on Monday.

Principal Eileen Ryan, left, invites Donna Custer to speak during Custer’s 90th-birthday celebration Monday at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach.