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An Iowa girl who was believed to be the oldest individual within the US died this week, based on a funeral dwelling.
Bessie Hendricks died Tuesday on the age of 115 in Lake Metropolis, Iowa, the Lampe and Powers Funeral Home stated.
Hendricks was born as Bessie Laurena close to Auburn, Iowa, on November 7, 1907, based on her printed obituary. She was the oldest American resident on the time of her demise, based on the Gerontology Research Group.
She labored as a trainer till marrying Paul Hendricks in 1930, greater than a decade earlier than the US entered World Struggle 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 heart and resided till her demise, her obituary stated.
Two of her 5 kids preceded her in demise. Hendricks’ survivors embrace 14 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
“Household got here first to Mother, at all times,” son Leon Hendricks informed CNN affiliate KCCI at his mom’s a hundred and fifteenth celebration final November.
The oldest identified individual residing within the US is now 114-year-old Edie Ceccarelli, who lives in California, based on the Gerontology Analysis Group.
