Betty Reid Soskin, who was the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100, has died. She was 104.

She passed away “peacefully” at her home in Richmond, California, on Sunday, according to a statement from her family.

“Thank you for your service, Ranger Betty,” the NPS wrote in a social media post marking Soskin’s death.

Soskin became a NPS ranger in later life, serving full-time at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond from 2011 to 2022. She played a key role in educating visitors on the work of Black Americans on the home front during World War II.

“It was her opportunity to tell her story,” one of Soskin’s sons, Bob Reid, told CNN. “There were waiting lists to hear her presentations, where she would give her perspective. I think that was probably the heart of her work.”

Reid described his mother as a “trailblazer.”

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