Mildred Livingston, a resident of New Richmond, Wisconsin, passed away on November 19, at the age of 111 years, 310 days. Her passing was first reported by the Bakken Young Funeral Home.
Mildred Livingston was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on 14 January 1913, to Charles C. Whistler and Clara Quolke. She graduated from Central High School in 1930, excelling as a member of the state championship debate team during her senior year and earning membership in the honor society. After high school, she worked at the public library in Muskogee. Encouraged to pursue higher education and a degree in library science, she enrolled at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. She graduated in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree and subsequently joined the university library staff.
On 7 October 1937, at the age of 24, she married Charles L. Livingston in her parents’ home in Muskogee. The couple lived in Enid while Charles completed his coursework at the Graduate Seminary of Phillips University. Mildred embraced her role as a minister’s wife with dedication, teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School and actively participating in the Women’s Fellowship Groups. The couple had three children: Nancy, David, and Clara.
At the time of her passing, she was the second-oldest (known) living person in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, after Ruth Stryzewski.
LongeviQuest sends our deepest condolences to the bereaved family and friends of Mildred Livingston.
