The Oldest Person You Have Met/Spoken With.

[Iggy]

Every year a group of Sioux Indians come from their reservation to attend and entertain at Cheyenne Frontier Days.
Back when I was 8 or 10 years old, I got talk to the "Chief " who led the group every year.
I was thrilled to talk to a real Indian. He was an old man even then.

Sixty-five years later I found out his real name and that he had watched Custer's last stand from a distant hill as boy.

I have been a student of Custer and particularly the last stand from boyhood and even written some stories about it.

Boy, the things we might have talked about if I had known who he really was.

 

[IAM Rand]

My grandmother, she was born in 1911 and made it to 106 before passing. Unfortunately I never did as much listening as I should have. I did go out to dinner with her several times when she would talk about taking a boat from the US to Europe on vacations. That was where she found her love for caviar.

When my parents passed (many years short of my grandmother unfortunately) I got many of the family photos. Looking at all of the photos have been an extraordinary trip back in time. I wish I had seen them sooner and been able to ask her questions about them.

Before my mother passed, we had been doing some research into a family relative on her side of the family. He was a Colonel during the civil war and the youngest officer to get killed at Gettysburg. The things we take for granted.

 

[Old_Cop]

My great grandfather, Francis McGivern was born in1866 in County Monahan, Ireland. He emigrated to the US around 1884. He was 82 when I was born and lived until he was 92 and lived with us for the last five years of his life.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Was he related to Ed McGivern, by any chance?

 

[DWalt]

There are those doctors who believe with all present and expected future advances in medicine and technology, many humans who will live to age 150 have already been born. I'm not sure that is such a good idea.

But back in the Middle Ages, anyone who made it to age 35 was considered old.

 

[LVSteve]

Some say the first person to live past 130 has already been born.

 

[whitestang]

Had a Great uncle that lived to 105 and last time I spoke to him was after he had turned 99. He lived some distance from us and last saw him at my Great Grandmother's house. My great grandmother lived to 98.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Mom passed at 90. She had many infirmaties that come with cells breaking down over time.

Towards the end she told me "I am not a defeatist but this is no way to live. I am ready".

 

[wundudnee]

My wife had a good friend make it too 103. Cool old girl that kept her mind and humor to the end.

My grandmother passed as a young woman of 94, but she saw a lot of life.
She had five husbands and outlived them all. Her and her first husband were on the Oklahoma land rush. She had eleven kids, with three of her husbands, with my Dad being the youngest. He was born an uncle. His Dad, my namesake, died in 1919 of the Spanish flu. She had a boyfriend when she passed.

 

[Kaarde]

I had a patient last week for an MRI who is 98, she told me about her sister who is 103. I have had several patients over 100. Got to do a CXR a few yrs ago on a gentleman who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Don't remember his age, but it was an honor to meet and talk to him.



I have a daughter who was born in 1999. I told her if she makes it over a 100 yo she will have lived in three different centuries.

 

[Lucnic]

My Dad. He was 95 last year when he passed.

 

[Lucnic]

My Dad. He was 95 when he passed last year.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I tell people when they talk to me they're talking to a Spanish-American War veteran.
Last spring I met a 100 year old lady. She was born when Harding was President.

 

[DWalt]

The oldest person (a woman) whose age at death has been reliably documented was a little over 122 years. She died in the late 1990s. There are numerous claims of some humans living beyond that age, but they lack reliable documented evidence.

I have a dog that turned 20 in December. That roughly translates into about 115 human years. She looks it. Blind, deaf, and no bladder control. Despite that she still has an appetite and seems relatively healthy.

 

[JohnRippert]

Our next door neighbor's Mom will be 101 next month. I talk to her almost every day.

 

[dmar]

My neighbor/friend from growing up at our lake house will be 99 years old on Monday. She's remarkable! This woman hunted, fished, and rode motorcycles and snowmobiles. She still drives, plants a garden every Spring, and goes down and swims in the lake each day in the Summer.

She's always had a lot of energy, a very bright and positive personality, engaged with the community, and has a strong faith in God. She never drank or smoked. Hopefully she'll be around for a long time still, I love her very much… Funny, looking back when I was a little kid I remember thinking that she was old! Ha!

Also, back in the early 1990s, I had a customer that was a World War 1 veteran. Nice guy, he fought in France. I think he was in his mid 90s at the time, and he was in good shape.

 

[cruiserdan]

My wife's dad is 96 and a half. A WWII veteran and retired Mechanical Engineer. His hearing is shot from decades of competitive shooting and he has macular degeneration. other than that he's still on the ball.

 

[VictorLouis]

Anytime I see a WWII, or Korean War, veteran wearing a hat indicating such. I thank them, but try not to impose on what time they have with their friends or family they are with.

 

[RM Vivas]

I just finished treating a patient who is 102. The oldest patient I've had was 106 and still had a head full of good wiring.

Lots of great stories in these old timers.

I had one fellow who was pushing 100 a few years ago who had been a radio operator/navigator on supply planes during WW2. His claim to fame was that he was shot down on 08MAY45, the last day of the war!

 

[BigBoy99]

Several years ago we attended the 107 birthday party for a very good friend. She was very frail at that time and passed away just a few months later.

 

[Kinman]

The oldest person (a woman) whose age at death has been reliably documented was a little over 122 years. She died in the late 1990s. There are numerous claims of some humans living beyond that age, but they lack reliable documented evidence.

I have a dog that turned 20 in December. That roughly translates into about 115 human years. She looks it. Blind, deaf, and no bladder control. Despite that she still has an appetite and seems relatively healthy.

Years ago I remember reading that the oldest living male was 109 years old and died while working on his tile roof, evidently from a fall. He lived in rural Mexico. There are a group of Slavic people from one of the interior locations that all live over 100 years, at the time the only thing truly different about their lifestyle was diet, they ate radishes daily. You can put radishes up just like sauerkraut or Kimchee eating it through the winter months.

 

[dsf]

My Mother was 101 when she passed. In her lifetime she went from horse & Buggy to men on the moon. She had been a teacher, and one of the oldest members of The AAUW (American Assoc of University Women).

Grandmother on my Mom's side lived to be 106. Lived long enough to watch the Red Sox win two World Series. Which, back in Boston and at the time, was considered quite the thing.

 

[john17427]

I met the grandmother of my wife's aunt(by marriage) at a funeral. She was 102. She was witty, spoke with no hesitation whatsoever on many topics, and was essentially one of the liveliest persons there. She had driven herself to the funeral(at night) and walked without a cane or walker. The funeral was her son's who had passed away from an age related illness.

 

[URIT]

108

My wife and I were at the DMV in New Bern NC waiting to get our NC DL after moving from AZ when an elderly man being led by his elderly daughter sat down next to us. He was there to renew his DL even though he hadn't "driven for ages". He got it too.

 

[wuluf]

My mom made it to 93. She and her family were in a Japanese internment camp in Indonesia (they were Dutch) for 4 years. Today would have been her 100th birthday.
She never talked about her camp experiences, but she was 16-20 years old. I can only imagine..

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[tops]

I had a great uncle that was born in 1880 and died in 1978 and had his mind until the minute he died. I was born in 1941 so I got to talk to him a lot.
I had an aunt born in 1917 that lived to be 100. She said all you had to do to get to be 100 was just get up every morning. Larry

 

[shovelhead]

An aunt through marriage on my dad's side. 104.

 

[ACORN]

I saw an old customer of mine a week or so back and asked him how his Dad was. I was hesitant to considering his age. He replied his Dad was doing good. Still cuts his own grass and still drives. He says he doesn't like the fact he can't get under his truck like he used to. His Dad is 98.

 

[67tempest]

Oldest person I've ever had a conversation with was my BIL's aunt, she was 102 when she passed, she was sharp as a tack until the end.

 

[Repeater]

That would be my Great Aunt on my Mother's side. She passed at 106. When I got my electrician's license, she asked me to do some work for her...install a 15 Amp service in her barn so the chickens would have light in order to lay more eggs and a water trough heater to keep their water from freezing in the Winter.
Second oldest would be my Mom. She passed two months short of 105. Woke up on the morning of her passing, had her cup of coffee, said goodbye to everyone, went to sleep, and left this world.