![]() ![]() "And when she taught school, she lived right across the road from where she taught school, so she had no reason not to go, not to make it to school." I think mom was about 13 years old, and she raised her siblings after that," Schaffer said. They also said a lot was asked of Bessie from an early age. They all have the same description of their mom: Hard working. It's marvelous that we still have her," Schaffer said. The eldest of those is Joan Schaffer, who just celebrated her 90th birthday a day earlier, KCCI reported. ![]() LAKE CITY, IOWA - An Iowa woman celebrated her 115th birthday Monday, making her now the oldest person in the United States.īessie Hendricks has lived through 21 presidents, two world wars, a depression, the sinking of the Titanic and two Chicago Cubs World Series championships.įor a 115th birthday, it's best not to have all the candles on the cake, but no extra frills are needed when celebrating such a special moment with all her surviving kids at her side. Besides being the oldest American, Bessie Hendricks is the 10th oldest living person in the world.
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