Ardith Grose | |
Ardith Grose on her 111th birthday | |
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Ardith Grose (born 22 March 1907?) is an American supercentenarian who is the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Ardith Grose claims birth in Pennsylvania, USA, on 22 March 1907. She was the second of 11 children born to Howard and Lena (Myers) Grose. She never married nor had children, and was still living with her mother in 1940. By 2002, she was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By her 106th birthday in 2013, she was living in a nursing home in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where she is described as happy-go-lucky and caring, and enjoys music, comedy, and people; she still lives there today at the age of 117 years, 28 days.
References
- Ardath Grose celebrates 106th birthday The Times Herald
- Norristown woman turns 111 years old Fox 29, 22 March 2018
- "More than 20,000 absentee ballots in Pennsylvania have impossible return dates (...)" Minnehaha Republicans on Facebook, 11 November 2020