Posted on 11/11/2022 7:10:22 AM PST by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK..................
Nov. 10 (UPI) -- An Iowa woman who was verified as the oldest living person in the United States earlier this year celebrated her 115th birthday.
Bessie Hendricks celebrated her 115th birthday with a party at Shady Oaks Care Center, where she lives in Lake City.
The party was attended by all three of Hendricks' surviving children, including daughter Joan Schaffer, who celebrated her 90th birthday the previous day.
"I don't know how you put it into words," Schaffer told KCCI-TV. "It's marvelous that we still have her."
Hendricks' own mother died when she was 13, leaving her to take care of her siblings.
"She's always caring about her family," her son, Leon Hendricks, said. "She always did that. Family came first to mom. Always."
Hendricks became the oldest woman in the United States earlier this year, after the death of Thelma Sutcliffe at the age of 115 years and 108 days old. The Gerontology Research Group currently lists her as the fourth oldest person in the world.
And here I thought it was Walt Wallet in Gasoline Alley, Wisconsin.
My guess is that her brain is probably working MUCH better than Pedo Joe's!
I think he’s also 115 here in Georgia as well. (I know. Just shoot me.)
According to voter registrations, there are plenty of people this old throughout the country - 1000s, if not 10,000s
Millions!.........
The party was attended by all three of Hendricks' surviving children, including daughter Joan Schaffer, who celebrated her 90th birthday the previous day.
Wow! Thanks Red Badger.
“My guess is that her brain is probably working MUCH better than Pedo Joe’s!”
Yes, the way she speaks means she still has a sharp mind. Unlike a certain idiot pedophile who thinks his son died in Iraq.
Reminds me of the old yogurt commercial..............I forget what brand it was.............
I was going say something similar, as a pet peeve of mine is poorly written headlines.
She truly has seen it all through the 20th and 21st centuries. I hope someone is writing her memories and stories down.
Can’t be true! A New York State resident is 187 and still voting. His children are 122,124,128, 129 (twins), 131 (triplets) and 134 (quintuplets). All of them have voted in every NYS election for over 100 years.
So, she was about 56 yo when Kennedy was assassinated? Wow!
Dannon yogurt:
That would be most of them these days. It does indicate that the news content might be equally well researched.
Thanks!.....memories!.............
God bless her! My great grandmother lived to be 107, born in 1880. My biggest regret was not talking to her and recording all the amazing changes she saw: the invention of flight, movies, cars, etc.
Happy Birthday Chuck Grassley!
It’s Iowa. It only seems like 115 years.
Bessie eats eggs and sausage and drinks whole milk and smokes like a chimney and drinks whiskey.
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