Hazel Schuth

Hazel Josephine Schuth (née Proctor) (born 29 July 1907) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is the oldest known living person in Wisconsin, USA.

Biography
Hazel Schuth was born Hazel Proctor on 29 July 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA to parents Frederick and Margaret (née Sweeney) Proctor. She had two sisters named Frances and Alice, and another sibling. She attended Providence High School, a Catholic school in Chicago, and graduated in 1923. She worked as a stenographer until her marriage.

In 1927, Hazel met her future husband, Otto Schuth, after she joined a group of friends headed to a lakeside cottage, and was persuaded by him to accompany him in his boat, because she couldn't swim. Hazel and Otto married the following year and had three children together: Miriam (born 1930), Maureen (born 1935), and James “Jim” (born 1945).

Hazel learned to drive after getting married, and continued to drive well into her 90s. She and Otto loved to travel, visiting places such as France, Ireland, The Philippines, Russia and Poland. They also went to Florence, Italy, where Otto had a heart attack and was hospitalised for six weeks.

Otto passed away in 1988 after 60 years of marriage. Hazel lived on her own for the next 19 years, moving to Golden Years Retirement and Nursing Home in Walworth, Wisconsin, in 2007. She never learnt to use a computer and never plans to. At her nursing home, she enjoys partaking in prayer services, bingo, among other activities.

Hazel Schuth currently lives in Walworth, Wisconsin, USA, at the age of.