Elizabeth Werrenrath, a resident of Evanston, Illinois, USA, celebrated her 112th birthday on 28 January.
Werrenrath was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 28 January 1914. Her father, Charles Kisselman Imbrie, was a progressive Presbyterian minister who inspired her to lead a life dedicated to service and justice. She attended Walnut Hill School for the Arts, an all-girls private boarding school in Natick, Massachusetts, graduating in 1931.
In 1937, she married Reinald Werrenrath Jr., and their engagement and wedding were announced in The New York Times. In 1940, they moved to Hinman Avenue in Evanston, where their first child, Kirsten, was born in 1941. The following year, in 1942, her husband enlisted in the armed forces and attended Navy Officer Candidate School during World War II. During the war, she returned to New York with her daughter to live with her family. Following her husband’s military service, the family settled in Highland Park, where they lived for 53 years. Their two sons, Reinald and Peter, were born after this.
In 1998, the couple moved to a townhouse in Presbyterian Homes in Evanston. In 2018, her husband suffered a stroke at the age of 103. They moved to a new apartment in assisted living, but her husband passed away in August 2019 at the age of 104.
At the moment, she is the second-oldest known living person in Illinois, after Doris Noreen, who turned 112 in September 2025.
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Elizabeth Werrenrath on her 112th birthday.
