Wenonah Bish, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Illinois, celebrated her 113th birthday in Sherman on 2 October.

Bish was born in Springfield, Illinois, on 2 October 1912. She attended Springfield High School.

In the early 1930s, she married William Wright, with whom she had two children: Donald Wright Sr. and Delores Hughes (born 1933). She later remarried to Edgar A. Bish. She worked at Sangamo Electric.

LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Wenonah Bish on her 113th birthday.