Bainbridge Township, Ohio — One of the oldest living residents of the U.S. state of Ohio, Mathilda Kolt, passed away on July 25th, at the age of 110 years, 166 days. Her passing was confirmed by the Cleveland Jewish News.
Kolt was born in Passaic, New Jersey, USA, on 10 February 1914, as the sixth of eight children born to parents Isadore and Rebecca Greenberg. She grew up in Cleveland (Ohio) with her parents and seven siblings after her family relocated from New Jersey to live near Kolt’s maternal uncle. She worked wherever she could to support her family during the Great Depression. For the majority of her career, she was employed at her brother-in-law’s jewelry store on Superior Avenue. She also held jobs in a knitting factory and a bank.
At some point, she married Alfred Kolt. The couple had two children: Jacqueline (born 1939) and Jeffrey (born 1944). As an adult, she enjoyed reading poetry, as well as histories and the works of Robert Louis Stevenson. She had a passion for languages. She was fluent in English and Yiddish, and she also read in French, Spanish, Hebrew, and Russian.
Her husband passed away in 1996. Two of her sisters lived to be 100 and 101 respectively. When she was around 101 years old, she moved into a senior living community.
LongeviQuest sends our deepest condolences to the bereaved family and friends of Mathilda Kolt.
