In the USA at the age of 115, the oldest woman in the world died

In the American state of Indiana, the oldest woman of the planet died. Former school teacher Edna Parker died on Wednesday in a nursing home in the city of Shelbiville. She was 115 years old and 220 days, reports Reuters with reference to the Gerontologist of the University of California at Los Angeles Stephen Coles.

Edna Scott Parker was born on April 20, 1893. For a long life, a woman had two children. She was married once, but her husband died back in 1941. Since 2007, Parker was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest man in the world.

The Shelbyville News newspaper published her photograph and an obituary on the first lane. Note that the death of the old woman was already the second heavy loss for Shelbiville for this year. On August 13, the life of the highest woman in the world - Sandy Allen , who reached 2 meters 31 centimeters, broke off in the same nursing home. The record holders were familiar: Allen, for example, participated in the holiday on the occasion of 114 birthdays Parker.

The oldest woman in the world Parker was recognized in August 2007, when 114-year-old Japanese Ionhagawa died. It is worth noting that Japan has been leading according to the number of people who are more than a hundred years old: according to official statistics, about 30 thousand such long -livers live in the country.

Edna Parker, however, could not beat the world record for longevity - he was set by the Frenchwoman Jeanne Kalman. She lived in the world of 122 and 164 days. The long -liver led an active lifestyle - she was engaged in fencing and went on a bicycle for up to a hundred years.

At the age of 90, Kalman handed her apartment to lawyer Francois Raffray, and he pledged to pay a monthly benefit until his death. Unfortunately for the buyer, the old woman lived for even more than thirty years - the lawyer himself died earlier. Zhanna Kalman died on August 4, 1997.

Currently, the oldest person on the planet is the 115-year-old resident of Portugal Maria De Hesus, born on September 10, 1893. The oldest man in the world is Japanese Tomoji Tanabe, who is 113 years old.