| Emma Verona Johnston | |
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| Birth: | 6 August 1890 Indianola, Iowa, USA |
| Death: | 1 December 2004 Ohio, USA |
| Age: | 114 years, 117 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Emma Verona Calhoun Johnston (August 6, 1890 – December 1, 2004) was a validated American supercentenarian.
Biography
Emma Verona Johnston was born in Indianola, Iowa as one of a large family. She was the oldest living graduate of Drake University, where she was a member of the Class of 1912.
At age 98, she moved from Iowa to Ohio in order to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She continued to be in good health even when she attained supercentenarian status, able to walk up steps and alert and able to engage in conversations.
By March 2004, she became the fifth-oldest documented person in the world and second-oldest documented in the United States, but still not the oldest person in the state of Ohio , since that state was also home to Charlotte Benkner. She is, however, the longest-lived native Iowan.
Benkner's death in May 2004 left Johnston the oldest documented person in the United States, and that of Puerto Rican Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan later that month left her third-oldest recognized person in the world. She died in Worthington, Ohio.
Johnston was recognized as the "oldest living American" from May 2004 until her death at age 114 years 117 days.
References
| United States' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Clarida Roy • Mary Bittlebrun • Sophia DeMuth • Fannie Thomas • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Mathew Beard • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Florence Knapp • Orpha Nusbaum • Elzona Maxey • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • Birdie May Vogt • Ettie Mae Greene • Margaret Skeete • Wilhelmina Kott • Sarah Knauss • Myrtle Dorsey • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mary Christian • Elena Slough • Charlotte Benkner • Emma Verona Johnston • Elizabeth Bolden • Emma Tillman • Corinne Dixon Taylor • Edna Parker • Gertrude Baines • Mary Josephine Ray • Neva Morris • Eunice Sanborn • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Goldie Michelson • Adele Dunlap • Delphine Gibson • Lessie Brown • Alelia Murphy • Hester Ford |
