Hazel Eikermann was a validated American supercentenarian known as the oldest living person in Colorado at the time of her death.
Hazel Eikermann was born on 11 December 1907 in Scott County, Kansas, USA.
Eikermann was the first person to graduate from Manning High School in 1927. She began teaching as a home schooler, instructing children from their respective families. She taught in a one-room school at the Center School, five miles away, for two terms. She then taught at Grigston, Kansas, for the next two years and at Superior School in Lone Prairie for three more years.
On her wedding day.
(Source: Facebook/Lincoln Health)
On 29 June 1933, she married Leo Eikermann and the couple had three children together.
Eikermann moved to the Lincoln Community Hospital and Nursing Home in Hugo, Colorado, when she was 105. At the age of 109, she was still able to move around and partially care for herself. When asked about the secret to her longevity, she said it was simple: just be nice.
Hazel Eikermann passed away on 27 August 2019 in Hugo, Colorado, USA.
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