![CENTENARIAN: Joyce Lett [centre] with grandchildren Beverley and John Chamberlain and son-in-law Denis Chamberlain. Photo: SUPPLIED](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/xry9xtRQu9u36zRV2j5976/7ad57b2b-9859-4a75-9908-ca9e296b175d.JPG/r0_130_3648_2311_w576_h298_fmax.webp "CENTENARIAN: Joyce Lett [centre] with grandchildren Beverley and John Chamberlain and son-in-law Denis Chamberlain. Photo: SUPPLIED")
It wasn't quite the 100th birthday celebrations she was expecting, but Bathurst's Joyce Lett was still able to mark the occasion on Tuesday at Whiddon Kelso with a brief visit from family.
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Ms Lett was originally due to have a big party at Panthers Bathurst, but due to Whiddon receiving advice to restrict visitation at all NSW facilities in response to the Sydney COVID-19 cluster, it was unable to go ahead.
Thankfully, Ms Lett's son-in-law Denis Chamberlin and his children, Beverley and John were granted approval on compassionate grounds to help celebrate the milestone.
"We spent half an hour with her in the morning and we're thankful we were able to see her," Beverley Chamberlain said.
Ms Lett was born in Rockley on December 22, 1920 as the fifth of six children, and spent the first 54 years of her life in the Central West, marrying twice and giving birth to six children, five from her first marriage and one from her second.
She was married to her second husband, Brian, from 1955 until his death in 2012, and she moved back to Bathurst in 2015 after 41 years living on the Central Coast.
Ms Chamberlain said the family endeavours to visit her wherever possible, and thanked Whiddon Kelso for granting them an exemption to visit.
"It's not every day a person reaches 100 years old," she said.
"We were on hand as she read her messages from the Queen and Prime Minister, and she also received a letter from Bathurst Legacy's Geoff Woolfe."
Ms Lett is survived by three children, 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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