Nebraska Woman Turns 114 Years Old, Claims Title of ‘Oldest Living American’

Nebraska Woman Turns 114 Years Old, Claims Title of ‘Oldest Living American’
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A 114-year-old Nebraska woman who has taken the title of America’s oldest living person says that what she wants most is to eat with her friend after a year of pandemic restrictions.

Thelma Sutcliffe, of Omaha, became the nation’s oldest living person and seventh-oldest in the world on April 17 when Hester Ford, a 115-year-old woman, died in North Carolina, according to the Gerontology Research Group.