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COLD TOMORROW MORNING. ED MARIA OKAY MIKE. THANK YOU. FIVE FOR GOOD TONIGHT AND A REMARKABLE MILESTONE FOR ONE OF THE STATE’S OLDEST RESIDENTS. SHE IS NOW 113 YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS GIVEN A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TO REMEMBER. TAKE A LOOK. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. PRETTY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. DOESN’T SHE LOOK GREAT? THAT’S. THAT’S HILDA SENHOUSE. SHE’S SURROUNDED, BEING SUNG TO BY HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS AND NEEDHAM. TODAY, SHE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST PERSON THAT’S LIVING HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT HILDA SAYS TURNING 113 YEARS OLD ISN’T ALL THAT SPECIAL. LISTEN, IT FEELS THE SAME AS LAST. I’M SO HAPPY. IT’S AWESOME. I’M. I’M HAPPY I COULD BE HERE. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. YEAH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MARK ROCKER. STATUS AS THE AS WELLESLEY’S OLDEST RESIDENT, HILDA WAS GIVEN THE BOSTON POST CANE AND A RESOLUTION BY A MEMBER OF THE WELLESLEY SELECT BOARD HONORING THAT AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT. 113 YEARS OLD. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I LOVE THE LIPSTICK AND THE
Herlda Senhouse, the second-oldest US resident, dies at age 113
Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113.Video above: Herlda Senhouse celebrates her 113th birthday in February 2024Senhouse died “peacefully in her sleep” on Saturday, said Stephanie Hawkinson, public information officer for the town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, where Senhouse had lived for the last four decades.“She never missed an opportunity to learn more, do more, experience more,” said Hawkinson, who met Senhouse on her 108th birthday and had celebrated with her every year since.Born Feb. 28, 1911, in Piedmont, West Virginia, Senhouse was sent to live with an aunt in Woburn, Massachusetts, at age 16 and graduated from Woburn High School. According to the Boston Globe, she dreamed of becoming a nurse but was turned away by a nursing school after it had met its quota of two Black students in 1931.She later worked as a housekeeper for several families and founded the Boston Clique Club, which raised money to improve educational opportunities for Black students in Boston.At age 105, she enrolled in the New England Centenarian Study, which seeks to determine how people like her age so slowly while delaying or escaping aging-related disease. She also bequeathed her brain to researchers, Hawkinson said.According to the Gerontology Research Group, the oldest person in the United States is Naomi Whitehead, 114, who lives in Greenville, Pennsylvania.Hawkinson said Senhouse often said the secret to her longevity was never having children, though she enjoyed children and caring for them. She surrounded herself with a community of relatives, friends and members of her church and was always up for an adventure, Hawkinson said.“She was truly an inspiration to so many in our community,” she said.
WELLESLEY, Mass. —
Herlda Senhouse, who founded a jazz dance group to raise money for Black students in the 1950s and lived to become the second-oldest person in the United States, has died at age 113.
Video above: Herlda Senhouse celebrates her 113th birthday in February 2024
Senhouse died “peacefully in her sleep” on Saturday, said Stephanie Hawkinson, public information officer for the town of Wellesley, Massachusetts, where Senhouse had lived for the last four decades.
“She never missed an opportunity to learn more, do more, experience more,” said Hawkinson, who met Senhouse on her 108th birthday and had celebrated with her every year since.
Born Feb. 28, 1911, in Piedmont, West Virginia, Senhouse was sent to live with an aunt in Woburn, Massachusetts, at age 16 and graduated from Woburn High School. According to the Boston Globe, she dreamed of becoming a nurse but was turned away by a nursing school after it had met its quota of two Black students in 1931.
She later worked as a housekeeper for several families and founded the Boston Clique Club, which raised money to improve educational opportunities for Black students in Boston.
At age 105, she enrolled in the New England Centenarian Study, which seeks to determine how people like her age so slowly while delaying or escaping aging-related disease. She also bequeathed her brain to researchers, Hawkinson said.
According to the Gerontology Research Group, the oldest person in the United States is Naomi Whitehead, 114, who lives in Greenville, Pennsylvania.
Hawkinson said Senhouse often said the secret to her longevity was never having children, though she enjoyed children and caring for them. She surrounded herself with a community of relatives, friends and members of her church and was always up for an adventure, Hawkinson said.
“She was truly an inspiration to so many in our community,” she said.
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