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Ruth Stryzewski

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Ruth Stryzewski
Ruth Stryzewski
Stryzewski after recovering from COVID-19 in January 2021, pictured with a caregiver.
Birth: 20 February 1912
Waushara County, Wisconsin, USA
Age: 112 years, 58 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Ruth Esther Stryzewski (née Winter; born 20 February 1912) is an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is one of the oldest known survivors of COVID-19, having recovered from the disease at the age of 108.

Biography[]

Ruth Stryzewski was born in Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States on 20 February 1912. Her parents were Louis Winter and Marie (née Prellwitz) Winter. She had eight siblings and two foster siblings. She married Elmer Stryzewski in East Bloomfield, Wisconsin, USA on 1 June 1937.

Longevity was present in her family: her mother died at 96, her sister Marie Misterek lived to be 103, two other siblings lived into their 90's, and her paternal cousin Lydia Koehler lived to be 100.

Stryzewski's age was verified by Waclaw Jan Kroczek, Oliver Trim, and Robert Young, and validated by the GRG on 3 June 2023.

COVID-19 Survival[]

Stryzewski currently lives in a care home in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In December 2020, she contracted COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic, and was forced to isolate for several weeks. However, her symptoms were not severe enough to require hospitalisations, and by January 2021 she had successfully recovered. At the age of 108, she became one of the oldest survivors of the disease.

Stryzewski went on to celebrate her 110th birthday in 2022. She is currently the oldest known living person in the state of Wisconsin.

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