This Mid Century Modern home in Sacramento will remind you of the style, character and strength of the greatest generation -- so called by journalist Tom Brokaw to refer to American citizens who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America.

This home belongs to an independent, exceptional 94-year-old woman, who moved from the Midwest to California at age 18. Having lost her father at age 8, she worked hard to put herself...