Catherine Hagel
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Catherine Helen Hagel née Dahlheimer (November 28, 1894 – December 6, 2008) was an American supercentenarian.
She was born in Dayton, Minnesota
, and was, at the time of her death, the third-oldest validated person in the world. Hagel was the second oldest validated person in the United States.
Hagel was a farmer, and did not stop farming until she was 100
, when she moved to the North Ridge Care Center in New Hope, Minnesota
. She planted a sizeable garden, sewed, quilted and visited relatives. Her father died in the mid 1950s at the age of 95. She had 11 children with her husband, John, who died in 1966 at age 74, nine of whom were still living as of early 2008.
On February 9, 2008, Hagel overtook her sister-in-law, Delvina Dahlheimer, as the oldest person ever in the state of Minnesota
and despite her advanced age, she took no medications. Hagel remained the oldest person ever from the state of Minnesota until she was surpassed by Walter Breuning on September 30, 2010.
She died on December 6, 2008 at the age of 114. At the time of her death her oldest living daughter, Cecilia Gulczinski, was 90 years old.
She was born in Dayton, Minnesota
Dayton, Minnesota
Dayton is a city in Hennepin and Wright counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 4,671 at the 2010 census. Dayton is mainly in Hennepin County, but a part of the city extends into Wright County as well. It is the northernmost city in Hennepin County.The city of Dayton, platted...
, and was, at the time of her death, the third-oldest validated person in the world. Hagel was the second oldest validated person in the United States.
Hagel was a farmer, and did not stop farming until she was 100
Centenarian
A centenarian is a person who is or lives beyond the age of 100 years. Because current average life expectancies across the world are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. Much rarer, a supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only...
, when she moved to the North Ridge Care Center in New Hope, Minnesota
New Hope, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,873 people, 8,665 households, and 5,268 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,098.6 people per square mile . There were 8,746 housing units at an average density of 1,717.4 per square mile...
. She planted a sizeable garden, sewed, quilted and visited relatives. Her father died in the mid 1950s at the age of 95. She had 11 children with her husband, John, who died in 1966 at age 74, nine of whom were still living as of early 2008.
On February 9, 2008, Hagel overtook her sister-in-law, Delvina Dahlheimer, as the oldest person ever in the state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and despite her advanced age, she took no medications. Hagel remained the oldest person ever from the state of Minnesota until she was surpassed by Walter Breuning on September 30, 2010.
She died on December 6, 2008 at the age of 114. At the time of her death her oldest living daughter, Cecilia Gulczinski, was 90 years old.
See also
- List of supercentenarians from the United States
- List of the verified oldest people
- Oldest peopleOldest peopleThis is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...
- SupercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....