An uncle just turned 96 and a grandmother made it to 100 (she died in '96).
I just went to visit my folks to celebrate my Dad’s 95th birthday. While he’s had some health setbacks recently, he’s quite healthy for his age. His brother (my uncle) passed away at 96 a few years back. My maternal grandmother passed away at 98 or 99, her birth certificate and other records disagreed on her year of birth. My paternal grandmother was in her late 90s as well.
My great-great granduncle George made it to 98. He was the son of a civil war vet (my ggg-grandpa) and he died when I was 11. He was the oldest person I really knew well, having spent time with him and aunt Nettie on their farm most summers between ages 4 and 10. They used kerosene lamps to light the home and a wood burning stove and hand pump in the kitchen. Outhouse out back. No indoor plumbing.
I’ve had a few centenarian patients over the years, the eldest of whom was about 106.
Currently I know a few 90+ year olds, but not well.
My grandma died a few months shy of turning 100. She was in better health when she died than many of her daughters who are now in their 80s.
My grandmother was 104 when she died. My family is either indestructible or die early. No in between.
Oldest person I currently know? Probably my uncle; he’s in his mid-80s now. Most of the other people of his generation are either 10 or so years younger, or they’re dead by now.
Oldest I’ve ever known? Probably my great uncle (other side of the family)- he made it to 96 (or maybe 97) I believe. I’ve known quite a few people in their 90s, although most haven’t made it past about 94.
I met a 105 year old man. He died the same year though.
He was blind from diabetes, overweight, sitting in a wheelchair and suffering from dementia. I would like to live to that age, but I want to keep my vision and brain.
My mother is 100 + 7 months. I can’t think of anyone older that I personally knew.
In 1966, our neighbor “old Ollie” who was in her 80’d, would let us sit in her living room and look at ancient National Geographics. Then for a few weeks her mother was bedridden in that room while dying. I asked if she had been alive in the Civil War. My mom said she was over 100 and had been a little girl then.
My SO’s mother died yesterday at 4pm EST. she was 99-1/2, and had been on a bus in Honolulu when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. In a sad coincidence, my own mother died this morning at 8am, though only reaching 87. When she was a girl, gypsies in a horsedrawn caravan had stolen the little radio she’d listened to off the porch of her smalltown Illinois home. The sheriff had retrieved it from their encampment via the intimidation that was common at the time.
History is like cobwebs that stick to us as we walk through the woods.
My mother lived to be 98. I don’t recall ever knowing or seeing someone over 100.
The earrliest-born person I ever knew might have been my grandfather, born in 1873. I believe my first grade teacher (1944) might have been 70. I don’t recall being exposed to anyone older than that as a child. Which means I am older now than anyone I ever saw in my childhood.
I am currently older than three of my grandparents lived to be. And I’m the only one left of my immediate family.
My Uncle Ty (actually great-uncle) died in 2017 at age 104. For all of my life he seemed slightly frail but so very genial. A tiny Mr. Rogers.
We have a family friend who we know is quite old, as she had a daughter who is my mom’s age (83), so we presume she’s at least 100. She refuses to say her age. She still dyes her hair cherry red, dresses quite stylishly, and can clear a plate of fried chicken in no time.
I know and have known quite a few people, both family friends and family members, who lived into their mid to late 90’s. One uncle just died at 96. My mom’s paternal grandmother made it to 98, and her aunt made it to 97.
Conversely, mom’s mom and many women on the maternal line, didn’t make it past 60.
My mother-in-law is 92 and father-in-law is 91, so they are the oldest that I currently know of. It’s possible they each have an older sibling or two that I’ve met, but they both come from large families and I can’t keep track of birth order and who’s still alive.
Both of my great-grandparents were alive into my high school years, and I’m not sure how old they were when they died but they probably didn’t make it into their 90s.
An uncle dies at age 97. He was the oldest I knew.
Two aunts including his widow are in their 80s. Those are the oldest I know now.
Just found out my 106 year old friend passed the end of last month
Oldest known would be my grandmother at 93.
Oldest I now know: not really sure. We used to deliver MOW to a 90+ woman, but that was a few years ago.
My mother is 101, so she is the oldest person I have personally known.
The mother of a co-worker just had her 110th birthday. She’s still sharp.
I looked after a pleasant woman who was 109. Still in good health too.
I knew 2 people over 100 years old. One was my father’s aunt. I went to her 100th birthday party and her 105th birthday party. That was her last one. My father died at 95,
The other was a neighbor who died in April 2021 at 107 years old. She was up walking, talking and going to get her hair done until about 3-4 months before she died.
I am last remaining of my immediate family, so I am the oldest.
I do have a 95-year-old neighbor. She will soon be 96 and still participates in her book club which is now on zoom.
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