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Mississippi Woman Elizabeth Wiseman Celebrates Her 110th Birthday
Elizabeth Wiseman, a resident of Olive Branch, Mississippi, is celebrating her 110th birthday today, according to the DeSoto Times-Tribune. Wiseman was born in Olive Branch, on 28 February 1915, as...
Leonora Kontrimienė, Lithuania’s Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 109th Birthday
Leonora Kontrimienė, the oldest known living person in Lithuania, celebrated her 109th birthday in the village of Beržėnai, Joniškis District Municipality, on 7 February, according to the Joniškis...
Helena Honkanen, Finland’s Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 108th Birthday
Helena Honkanen, the oldest living person in Finland, celebrated her 108th birthday in Uusimaa on 20 February, according to Ilkka-Pohjalainen. Honkanen was born on 20 February 1917. She has been the...
German Woman Elisabeth Bönte Celebrates Her 110th Birthday
Elisabeth Bönte, a resident of Sendenhorst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, celebrated her 110th birthday on 26 February, according to Westfälische Nachrichten. Bönte was born in Osnabrück, Lower...
Wilma Arnold, Iowa’s Oldest Known Resident, Dies at 110
Wilma Arnold, the oldest know resident of the U.S. state of Iowa, passed away in Ottumwa on 26 February, at the age of 110 years, 138 days. Her passing was confirmed through a public obituary...
Yoshi Yamamoto Celebrates 112th Birthday as One of Hokkaido’s Oldest Residents
Yoshi Yamamoto, one of the oldest residents of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, celebrated her 112th birthday on February 18 in Iwamizawa.. Yamamoto-san (山本ヨシ) was born in Tsukigata, Hokkaido Prefecture,...
Bruno Kant, Germany’s Second-Oldest Man, Celebrates 109th Birthday
Bruno Kant, the second-oldest living man in Germany, is celebrating his 109th birthday today in Eichenzell, Hesse, according to Osthessen-Zeitung. Kant was born in Werblinia, in what is now the...
Gladys Pennington, One of Washington’s Oldest Residents, Dies at 110
Gladys Pennington, one of the oldest living residents of the U.S. state of Washington, passed away on 22 February, at the age of 110. Pennington claimed to have been born on 17 October 1914, in Deer...