“We met so many new people who were very friendly and welcomed us,” she said. “It was wonderful how soon we felt we were right at home.” Helen recalled coming to Tracy 63 years ago as she celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday at the New Hope care center, where she has been a resident since 2009. She was born Jan. 30, 1918, in San Jose, where her family, including her parents, four brothers and two sisters, had moved three years earlier from Sorrento, Italy.