Byline: LINDA TRISCHITTA Staff writer
Helene Baker's gentle sense of humor and optimism have helped her survive a recent surgery for cancer and to endure arthritis and asthma.
Visitors to her living room are requested to clap, which cues an automated snowman that dominates a table and plays ``We Wish You A Merry Christmas.''
``I hope we get snow for Christmas,'' Helene said. ``I like to see it come down the night before. And I don't have to shovel.''
Helene loves her hometown, and said if she was healthy she would still stay put, rather than travel.
Helene, who was born in Mechanicville almost 83 years ago, has a nice view of the …
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