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An Iowa lady who was believed to be the oldest particular person within the US died this week, in accordance with a funeral residence.
Bessie Hendricks died Tuesday on the age of 115 in Lake Metropolis, Iowa, the Lampe and Powers Funeral Residence mentioned.
Hendricks was born as Bessie Laurena close to Auburn, Iowa, on November 7, 1907, in accordance with her printed obituary. She was the oldest American resident on the time of her loss of life, in accordance with the Gerontology Analysis Group.
She labored as a instructor till marrying Paul Hendricks in 1930, greater than a decade earlier than the US entered World Conflict II. After 65 years of marriage, her husband died in 1995.
Hendricks lived in her own residence till the age of 102, when she moved to the senior care middle and resided till her loss of life, her obituary mentioned.
Two of her 5 kids preceded her in loss of life. Hendricks’ survivors embody 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
“Household got here first to Mother, all the time,” son Leon Hendricks informed CNN affiliate KCCI at his mom’s one hundred and fifteenth birthday celebration final November.
The oldest identified particular person residing within the US is now 114-year-old Edie Ceccarelli, who lives in California, in accordance with the Gerontology Analysis Group.