Tag: 1975

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Nellie Cline of the United States at age 111. She was born in Matteson Township, Michigan, United States on 4 December 1863. She was a sister, a wife, and a mother to 4 children.

In 1941, at the age of 78, celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary with her husband.

Her husband worked as the sheriff of Branch County from 1918-1924. He chose his wife to work by his side, making her Branch County’s first female deputy sheriff. Cline wore a gun and a badge, just like her husband, and also had an interest in politics. In 1951, she and her husband celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary, making them the longest-married couple in the state of Michigan.

On her 100th birthday in 1963.
(Source: Battle Creek Enquirer)

At 91, Cline began living with her son. At 97, she suffered a fall and broke her hip, but was still able to walk with the aid of a walker until she was around 105. In June 1970, at the age of 106, she moved into the Maple Lawn Medical Care Facility in Coldwater, and spent most of her day in bed, with her blindness mostly preventing her from doing many of her favorite hobbies like reading, sewing, and crocheting. Her health would eventually improve. By the time she was 111, she preferred to be out of her bed, doing activities from her wheelchair.

Nellie Cline died in Coldwater, Michigan, USA, on 9 February 1975, at the age of 111 years, 67 days. She was survived by her son, four grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Nellie Cline’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Cline’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Louisa Froehlich of the United States at age 110. She was born in Washington, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States on 18 September 1864. She was the daughter of Prussian immigrants. Froehlich was also a wife and a mother to 2 children.

Froehlich in an undated photo (Source: Milwaukee Journal)

Froehlich started receiving Social Security payments in 1943 and donated the money to various charities. In September 1974, she became the second documented supercentenarian in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, only after the very first known supercentenarian in the United States, Louisa Thiers (1814–1926), and the first known supercentenarian to have been born in Wisconsin.

Froehlich died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s capital city, on 16 April 1975 at the age of 110 years, 210 days. Froehlich was the oldest living person in Wisconsin for an unknown amount of time.

LongeviQuest congratulates Louisa Froehlich’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Froehlich’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Mabel Hyde of the United States at age 111. She was born in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States on 23 April 1864. In her youth, she lived in Illinois and Kansas. Hyde was a wife and a mother to 3 sons. Their family was among the first non-Native American settlers of the Oklahoma Territory upon its opening in 1889.

Hyde on her 100th birthday (Source: Toledo Blade)

When Hyde was older, she moved to Fresno, California. She still enjoyed salmon fishing in the Sacramento River at the age of 99. And as a centenarian, she was a big fan of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Hyde may have become California’s oldest resident following the death of 111-year-old Ettie Crist on 10 January 1974.

Hyde died in Fresno, Fresno County, California, United States on 13 August 1975 at the age of 111 years, 112 days. At the time of death, Hyde was the second-oldest known person in the United States and the third-oldest known in the world, after Mary Bittlebrun and Niwa Kawamoto of Japan.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mabel Hyde’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Hyde’s Directory Profile here.