Photo Gallery: Doris McKently of Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale
Doris McKently, 96, sits on a bench where the Oak of Peace once stood in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. The Oak of Peace was once the fourth largest California oak and is historically relevant as the location where U.S. and Mexican generals met ended the fighting of the Mexican-American War in 1847. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, the home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, stands under the shade of California redwood trees that she and her mom planted when she was a child at the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, leafs through pages she created in a scrapbook in her home in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, at her front door on her way to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, walks along Bonita Drive en route to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, on a path at Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, stands on the front porch of Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, stands under the shade of California redwood trees that she and her mom planted when she was a child at the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, leafs through pages she created in a scrapbook in her home in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, recalls the usage of the wagon behind her as a mode of transportation when she was young in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, in her home in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Doris McKently, 96, in her home in Glendale on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Doris lives next to the Catalina Verdugo Adobe House, a home where she grew up. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)