|
|
HYPERASHEL
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 18 Nov 2003
Posts: 15397
Location: The South's Sauna, Atlanta
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 06/29/05 - 12:50 Post subject: "the secret to long life is breathing"
http://www.wsbtv.com/family/4664914/detail.html
Dutch Woman Celebrates 115th Birthday
Secret To Long Life: 'Breathing'
POSTED: 10:14 am EDT June 29, 2005
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- A Dutch woman named Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper is marking her 115th birthday Wednesday with greetings from the Dutch royal family as well as from her favorite soccer team.
AP Image
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, the world's oldest living person. She turned 115 on June 29, 2005.
She's considered the world's oldest person by the Guinness Book of World Records. She once joked that the secret to long life was "breathing."
She's getting a birthday visit from the daughter-in-law of Queen Beatrix. A delegation from the Ajax soccer club is also stopping by.
The last time she got a visit from the team, she complained that other residents at the rest home where she lives were "hicks who don't understand soccer."
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
|
|
|
andydp
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 23 Sep 2003
Posts: 8122
Location: Upstate NY near Albany
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 06/29/05 - 21:19 Post subject:
Little more info on our old lady...
World's oldest person celebrates 115th birthday
30 June 2005
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch woman who swears by a daily helping of herring for a healthy life celebrated her 115th birthday on Wednesday as the oldest living person on record.
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher, was born in 1890, the year Sioux Indians were massacred by the US military at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
The passionate soccer fan celebrated her birthday in a nursing home in the northern Dutch town of Hoogeveen.
"She eats a piece of herring every day because it's good for the health," said Johan Beijering, director of the Westerkim nursing home. "She is still mentally full of vitality."
The daughter of a headmaster, Van Andel-Schipper was born in the town of Smilde in the northern Netherlands on June 29, 1890.
Also known as Hennie, she married a tax inspector in the 1930s and was forced to sell her jewellery to buy food during the German occupation in World War Two.
"A scan of our archive reveals that Hennie is also older than the Guinness World Records holder for the oldest man living, which makes her the oldest person in the world," said Guinness World Records book editor Craig Glenday.
The world's oldest living man on record, Emiliano Mercado Del Toro, lives in Puerto Rico. He was born on August 21, 1891.
The record for the longest life is held by 122-year-old French woman Jeanne-Louise Calment who died in 1997, according to Guinness World Records.
|
