KCCI’S ANDREW MOLLENBECK SHOWS US HOW SHE CELEBRATED. FOR 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. <9820 :17 HOW OLD ARE YOU, MOM?> THE ELDEST OF THOSE IS JOAN SCHAFFER – WHO JUST CELEBRATED HER 90TH BIRTHDAY A DAY EARLIER. <9835 :15 I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU PUT IT INTO WORDS. IT’S MARVELOUS THAT WE STILL HAVE HER. :21> THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME DESCRIPTION OF THEIR MOM. HARD WORKING. AND A LOT WAS ASKED OF BESSIE FROM AN EARLY AGE. <9835 1:49 HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 13. I THINK MOM WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. AND SHE RAISED HER SIBLINGS AFTER THAT. AND WHEN SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL, SHE LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD FROM WHERE SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL, SO SHE HAD NO REASON NOT TO MAKE IT TO SCHOOL. 2:06> NAT POP HBDAY <9823-9824 HAPPY BDAY> THE SHADY OAKS CARE CENTER HOSTED THE RARE BIRTHDAY PARTY – WITH EMPLOYEES HELPING CELEBRATE. <9807 :11 YAWN> AND IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE TO BE A LITTLE TIRED AT 115. BUT HER CHILDREN SANG HER FAVORITE SONG. <9807 ::23 YOU MAKE ME HAPPY WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY :27> <9836 :17 SHE LOVES TO SING. WE USED TO WHEEL HER AROUND HER IN SHADY OAKS AND EVERY ROOM WE’D STOP AT SHE’D STILL SING YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE. AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY DAY, TOO. :33> THIS TIME – BESSIE GOT TO BE THE AUDIENCE TO HER FAVORITE SONG. A SPECIAL MOMENT IN A SPECIAL LIFE. <9836 1:28 SHE’S ALWAYS CARING ABOUT HER FAMILY. SHE ALWAYS DID THAT. FAMILY CAME FIRST TO MOM. ALWAYS. 1:37> IN LAKE CITY, ANDREW MOLLENBECK, KCCI 8 NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THE GERONTOLOGY
Oldest residing particular person within the US celebrates her a hundred and fifteenth birthday
Bessie Hendricks is the oldest residing particular person in the USA. She celebrated Monday with three of her youngsters in Lake Metropolis, Iowa.
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At 115 years of age, Bessie Hendricks has lived by way of some issues, together with 21 presidents, two world wars, a despair, and the sinking of the Titanic.Based on the Gerontology Analysis Group, she is the oldest particular person residing in the USA and the fourth oldest particular person on the planet. “I do not understand how you place it into phrases,” stated her daughter, Joan Schaffer, who turned 90 a day earlier. “It is marvelous that we nonetheless have her.”All three of Hendricks’ surviving kids joined her for a birthday celebration at Shady Oaks Care Heart in Lake Metropolis. All of them highlighted what a tough employee she was.”Her mom died when she was about 13,” Schaffer stated. “I believe mother was about 13 years outdated. And she or he raised her siblings after that.”The siblings sang to their mother, held fingers and loved a second few on the planet ever have. “She’s all the time caring about her household,” stated Leon Hendricks, her son. “She all the time did that. Household got here first to mother. All the time.”Watch the video above to be taught extra about this story.
At 115 years of age, Bessie Hendricks has lived by way of some issues, together with 21 presidents, two world wars, a despair, and the sinking of the Titanic.
Based on the Gerontology Analysis Group, she is the oldest particular person residing in the USA and the fourth oldest particular person on the planet.
“I do not understand how you place it into phrases,” stated her daughter, Joan Schaffer, who turned 90 a day earlier. “It is marvelous that we nonetheless have her.”
All three of Hendricks’ surviving kids joined her for a birthday celebration at Shady Oaks Care Heart in Lake Metropolis.
All of them highlighted what a tough employee she was.
“Her mom died when she was about 13,” Schaffer stated. “I believe mother was about 13 years outdated. And she or he raised her siblings after that.”
The siblings sang to their mother, held fingers and loved a second few on the planet ever have.
“She’s all the time caring about her household,” stated Leon Hendricks, her son. “She all the time did that. Household got here first to mother. All the time.”
Watch the video above to be taught extra about this story.
