Minnie Druse

Minnie Druse (née Davalt; 21 July 1867 - 22 January 1978) was an American woman who was believed to be the oldest living person in Iowa at the time of her death. She was born in Kahoka, Missouri on 21 July 1867 as the daughter of Samuel and Marion Coffeen Davalt. She married Warren D. Druse in Kahoka on 26 November 1903. The couple had two daughters. She was widowed in the early 1920s and moved to Iowa. Minnie Druse died in Zearing, Iowa on 22 January 1978, aged 110 years, 185 days. Her case is currently unverified.