[Vision2020] World's Oldest Person Dies

Scott Dredge scooterd408 at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 28 22:18:40 PST 2008


Good God.  Deja Vu.  Another 'World's Oldest Person' dead.  Is this just a coincidence or this this a cursed title?-Scott> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> From: thansen at moscow.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:47:43 +0000> Subject: [Vision2020] World's Oldest Person Dies> > >From today's (November 28, 2008) Spokesman Review -> > ---------------------------------------------------> > World's oldest person dies > Indiana woman was 115 years, 220 days old> > ---------> > http://tinyurl.com/5mye6n> Edna Parker, the oldest person in the world, died Wednesday.> (Photo: Associated Press)> > ---------> > SHELBYVILLE, Ind. – Edna Parker, who became the world's oldest person more > than a year ago, has died at age 115.> > UCLA gerontologist Dr. Stephen Coles said Parker's great-nephew notified > him that Parker died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville. She was > 115 years, 220 days old, said Robert Young, a senior consultant for > gerontology for Guinness World Records.> > Parker was born April 20, 1893, in central Indiana's Morgan County and had > been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person > since the 2007 death in Japan of Yone Minagawa, who was four months her > senior.> > Coles maintains a list of the world's oldest people and said Parker was > the 14th oldest validated supercentenarian in history. Maria de Jesus of > Portugal, who was born Sept. 10, 1893, is now the world's oldest living > person, according to the Gerontology Research Group.> > Parker had been a widow since her husband, Earl Parker, died in 1939 of a > heart attack. She lived alone in their farmhouse until age 100, when she > moved into a son's home and later to the Shelbyville nursing home.> > Although she never drank alcohol or tried tobacco and led an active life, > Parker didn't offer tips for living a long life. Her only advice to those > who gathered to celebrate when she became the oldest person was "more > education.">  > Parker outlived her two sons, Clifford and Earl Jr. She also had five > grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren.> > Parker taught in a two-room school in Shelby County for several years > after graduating from Franklin College in 1911. She wed her childhood > sweetheart and neighbor in 1913.> > But as was the tradition of that era, her teaching career ended with her > marriage. Parker traded the schoolhouse for life as a farmer's wife, > preparing meals for as many as a dozen men who worked on her husband's > farm.> > Parker noted with pride last year that she and her husband were one of the > first owners of an automobile in their rural area.> > Coincidentally, Parker lived in the same nursing home as 7-foot-7 Sandy > Allen, whom Guinness recognized as the world's tallest woman until her > death in August.> > ---------------------------------------------------> > Seeya round town, Moscow.> > Tom Hansen> Moscow, Idaho>  > > > ---------------------------------------------> This message was sent by First Step Internet.>            http://www.fsr.com/> > 
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