Josephine Camour was born on a ranch near Asti in 1914, the daughter of an Italian immigrant mother who ended up owning her own ranch and being one of the first people in the county to make wine after Prohibition.
Camour lives in Healdsburg now and came to lunch Saturday at Campo Fina Restaurant. Ari Rosen, Campo Fina owner, quietly spread the word a few years ago that any local who had reached 100 years old could have lunch on the house anytime.
Camour turned 103 on Nov. 27, 2017 but hadn’t come for lunch until last weekend. Her friend, Gina Riner, came with her and said that Camour was the Geyserville May Day Queen in 1939.
Camour, her bright blue eyes flecked with brown, speaks four languages and informed Rosen that he spells the name of his restaurant incorrently. “Campo Fino!” she told him emphatically.
What’s the secret of her long life? “No secret,” she said. “Just go along and have a good outlook.”
