This 94 year-old woman has been working at McDonald's for 44 years and she's still love'n it

She has worked behind the counter at McDonald's for almost half a century -but even at 94 years old, Loraine Maurer has no intention of retiring.

Maurer is something of an institution at the restaurant in Evansville, Indiana but she has revealed that she did not plant to stay so long when she began working there in 1973.

Her husband had just retired, due to a disability, and she told him she felt she was too young to stay at home and applied for a job. 

But she told ABC News: "When I started, I didn't start to stay.'

Chip and Katie Kenworthy, who own the Evansville franchise of the Golden Arches, are glad she did decide to stay on after normal retirement age.

"Loraine has quite a following. She has lots of very loyal costumers who come especially to our restaurant to see her," said Kenworthy.

Her husband died in 1980 and her life from then on revolved around the restaurant, her four children and the nearby Good Shepherd Catholic Church.

She said: "They were my life savers when I lost my husband. The customers helped."

The Kenworthys arranged a special party to celebrate Loraine's 44 years of service and invited her friends from the church.

Maurer appreciated the gesture and said: "It was wonderful. 'There were so many people there that I couldn't talk to them all."

Nowadays she only works two days a week but she dismisses the idea of retiring altogether: "I would miss it too much. I don't want to get depressed and it's not that I don't look forward to going to work. It's not a job. I really and truly enjoy it."

And as long as she is able to keep up with the frantic pace of serving fast food, the Kenworthys are happy to keep her on.

This article was first published on Daily Mail and is republished here with permission.