Sarah Knauss She is the oldest ever verified US resident [1] .
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| Birth name | Sarah DeRemer Clark |
| Date of Birth | September 24, 1880 |
| Place of Birth | , Pennsylvania , USA |
| Date of death | December 30, 1999 (119 years old) |
| Place of death | Allentown , PA , USA |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Father | Walter Clark (1849-1934) |
| Mother | Amelia Kreischer (1857-1926) |
| Children | Katherine Knauss-Sullivan (1903-2005) |
Biography
Born in Hollywood, PA, her parents were Walter and Amelia Clark. She worked as an insurance manager, then married and became a housewife. At the age of 117, she was recognized as the oldest person in the world. When her family told her about this, Sarah smiled back and said, “so what?” She died 33 hours before the celebration of 2000 in a nursing home, where she lived for 9 years.
Knauss survived seven wars involving the United States and the administration of 23 presidents.
Her only daughter Catherine lived 101 years.
See also
- List of the oldest people in the world.
- List of oldest women
- Jeanne Kalman
- Centenar
- Lucy Hannah
Notes
- ↑ Sarah Knauss Archived March 16, 2009 on Wayback Machine