--- description: He has has been at the store since 1983. title: Walmart Employee to Celebrate 103rd Birthday image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebbf6869414b2927/69885c6a0b72e356e86e515d/loren-wade.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Walmart Employee to Celebrate 103rd Birthday ## Video: About Half-Million Wal-Mart Employees Will Get Pay Raises [Watch (HLS stream): About Half-Million Wal-Mart Employees Will Get Pay Raises](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yxoeBYZq.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2015-02-19. Wal-Mart announced pay for new employees will be $9 starting in April and current employees will make at least $10 by next year._ by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2015 8:10 PM CUT  Jeremy Charles—Jeremy Charles by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 24, 2015 8:10 PM CUT Loren Wade has been working at Walmart since 1983, and on Saturday, t[he retail giant will celebrate his 103rd birthday](http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/29625670/walmart-birthday "undefined") with a party in his honor. The World War II veteran is a full-time associate at the Winfield, Kansas store, where he works in the lawn and garden department. “The company seems to like me and I appreciate it so much if they still let me work,” Wade [told](http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/29625670/walmart-birthday "undefined") a local FOX affiliate. “They are so good to me. It’s a great company” The [party](http://www.winfieldcourier.com/news/article%5F8871f700-3010-11e5-8360-ef44ae0137e1.html "undefined") is expected to feature free cake, hot dogs, chips and drinks, according to the _Winfield Daily Courier_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/"},"headline":"Walmart Employee to Celebrate 103rd Birthday","datePublished":"2015-07-24T20:10:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:32.285Z","description":"He's been at the store since 1983","url":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebbf6869414b2927/69885c6a0b72e356e86e515d/loren-wade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebbf6869414b2927/69885c6a0b72e356e86e515d/loren-wade.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Loren Wade","caption":"","creditText":"Jeremy Charles—Jeremy Charles","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/","name":"Walmart Employee to Celebrate 103rd Birthday"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"About Half-Million Wal-Mart Employees Will Get Pay Raises","description":"Wal-Mart announced pay for new employees will be $9 starting in April and current employees will make at least $10 by next year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yxoeBYZq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-19T18:50:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yxoeBYZq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3971790/walmart-employee-birthday/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```