Local man was a New Year’s baby. He’s now 102.

[Editor’s Note: In the video above, Streetsboro family welcomes New Year’s Day baby. ]

AMHERST, Ohio (WJW) – A local man is celebrating the new year and another trip around the sun.

Walter Bonhotel, of Amherst, was born on Jan. 1, 1922, in Eagle Rock, Virginia.

He was a New Year’s baby. He is now 102 years old.

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The family of the World War II Veteran shared with FOX 8 photos of Walter.

  • Credit: Bridget & Jim Dill
    Credit: Bridget & Jim Dill
  • Credit: Bridget & Jim Dill
    Credit: Bridget & Jim Dill

His daughter tells us her father moved to Amherst when he was 18 and later retired as a steel worker from the National Tube Company in Lorain.

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Happy Birthday, Walter!

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