Oldest American, 114, “just wore out”
Posted: Friday, December 3rd, 2004 11:42 amWORTHINGTON, Ohio — America’s oldest person (search), a 114-year-old woman who voted in every election since women earned the right in 1920 and had the thinnest file in her doctor’s office, has died.
Verona Johnston died Wednesday at home in Worthington, said her daughter, Julie Johnson.
“She just wore out,” Johnson said. “She was still very sharp up until a few months ago.”
Johnson said her mother was “ready to go,” and that shortly before her death she said: “Dying is hard, but everyone has to do it, and I hope I do it well.” …
The oldest living American is now Bettie Wilson of Mississippi, and Hendrikje Van Andel of the Netherlands is the world’s oldest person, according to the Gerontology Research Group. Both are 114. … Read full obituary
