Margaret Potter and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Townsend, share time together on Potter’s 100th birthday Friday. The Southwest Colorado Community College cosmetology department made her queen for the day doing her nails and hair.

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Margaret Potter and her granddaughter, Elizabeth Townsend, share time together on Potter’s 100th birthday Friday. The Southwest Colorado Community College cosmetology department made her queen for the day doing her nails and hair.

Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Cara Potter gets a kiss from her 100-year-old great-grandmother, Margaret Potter, as another great-grandchild, Calleigh, waits her turn for a hug.

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Cara Potter gets a kiss from her 100-year-old great-grandmother, Margaret Potter, as another great-grandchild, Calleigh, waits her turn for a hug.

Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Margaret Potter received a cupcake nail design from Southwest Colorado Community College cosmetology student Christina Knapp.

Sam Green/Cortez Journal

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Margaret Potter received a cupcake nail design from Southwest Colorado Community College cosmetology student Christina Knapp.

Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Cortez resident Margaret Potter celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday in style, getting pampered for the day by Southwest Colorado Community College cosmetology students.

The students, who visit to Vista Grande Inn every week to do hair and nails for residents, made Potter “Queen for the Day,” donning her in a pink tiara doing her hair and nails. Student Christina Knapp gave her a special cupcake manicure, using a teal green color that Potter picked out.

“It’s a real honor,” Potter said, when asked about getting pampered on her special day. Later in the day, Potter’s large family surprised her with a birthday cake.

Potter, a Southern California native who moved to Cortez in the 1950s, has five children, seven grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren.

“She’s lived through the horse and buggy to Mars and beyond,” said her son, Jerry.