I’m sorry to hear about your grandmother’s disease.Several of my relatives have had Alzheimer’s disease,so I feel particular sympathy for anyone who has problems with that or dementia.Thanks for sharing.
I have a patient who is 100 yrs old. When she filled out a form at a Dr.s office she listed her general health as ‘fair’. I told her that at 100, since she lives in her own home, walked into a doctors office, and is filling out her own paperwork, it would be more accurate to bypass ‘excellent’ and write down ‘AWESOME!’
So she did.
My grandfather was 106 when he died in 1996 and was sharp as a tack until the day he died. His wife, my grandmother, was 97 when she died My father is 88 and still going strong. I have good genes, which is probably why I’m still alive even though I take shit care of my body.
His obituary is 4th one down, Harry I. Thompson.
Had a friend who died at 106. Here he is a couple years earlier. Shot his last nine holes of golf at 98.
My paternal grandmother lived to 94. I know this because on her 94th birthday, I did the math wrong and congratulated her on being 96. ( :eek: ) But really, when you’re in your 90s what difference does a couple years make? 
Someone I knew well would have to be my grandmother who lived to be 99. She was usually the oldest person I knew throughout my life. I’m sure I met some older people here and there, but no one I could I say I knew well. I had a cousin who lived to be 109 (maybe, not sure), but I only met her once.
Was the Princess of Monaco ever in attendance? 
I suppose the person I know best would be my grandmother, still going strong at 97. She, in turn, knew a couple of sisters from the town where she grew up, the elder of whom was born in 1889. Both knew her (Grandma’s) great-grandfather fairly well. I met them both on more than one occasion, but didn’t really know them well. Otherwise I would have said it was them, as they both lived past 100.
The oldest person I’ve known personally was, unlike most of these replies, not a relative. I can’t say I knew her particularly well, though I patronized her business semi-reguarly over a couple decades. She was, though “moderately famous” - Evelyn “Mama Bird” Johnson who passed away this month at 102.
My grandma’s mom was 100 years old, when she died.
I knew another person who lived to 100.The secret of his longevity was the leaves of neem that he ate every morning .
Grandmaman’s 97 and still kicking. Almost literally - they’ve got her building under lockdown due to a pneumonia outbreak, and she’s about ready to lose her shit if they don’t let her out to go shopping.
My wife’s grandmother, who is 104 and still going strong.
My m-i-l took her to the doctor’s a couple of months ago and told the doctor that she had been telling strangers she was 105 and asked the doctor what she should do about it. The doc said, Nothing, let her tell them that!"
I guess we’ll get a lot of grandparents as they are the ones we can reasonably sure of their age. I remember when I was young seeing what I thought were really old people- they were about 40.
I dont think I have met anyone who was over 100.
Did she get mad when you said that?My grandmother really doesn’t like people to know her actual age,so I can hardly imagine what she’d do if I padded on another 2 years to her it.
My Great Grandmother lived to be 107. She passed away in 1994. I can’t imagine how much she saw the world change. She was 16 when the Wright brothers first flew. She remembered it well last time I talked to her.
She actually lived by herself and took care of her garden until she was 101. Then, she fell on the stairs and broke her hip - despite family discouraging her from going up stairs. She spent the rest of her life in a nursing home but had her wits the entire time.
Oh, I’d like to add that my great uncle (not related by blood, he’s my grandmother’s sister’s widower) is 99 and still going strong. Driving, walking a mile or two a day, going out for social events, eats like a horse, etc. It would not surprise me if he lived to 105+.
Wow-99 and still going strong.I’m decades younger than that and I’m barely "going"at all.
Two weeks ago I took a picture of my daughter and her great-great-aunt on her 99th birthday.
The notion that Aunt Sophie won’t be there for her 100th next year is absolutely laughable. She’s chronologically the oldest I know, but I know many people much, much older than she is.
I personally knew a woman who lived to 105 (I think, may have been 104 or 106). She was a family friend, and we named our daughter after her.
My grandmother-in-law is probably 98, but might be older.
–Cliffy
My wifes Great Uncle. he died at 98
Additionally, my MIL’s family at one point had 2 sisters living over the age of 100, and just missed having 3 over the age of 100 all alive at the dame time.
I never had met them. 1 sister died at 104 with her sibling 102 and other sibling at 99 and 10 months. 2 more months and we would have had 3 sisters all living and all 100 or over in the family tree