Edna Parker
Edna Parker | |
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| Born | April 20, 1893 |
| Occupation | teacher |
Edna Parker (born April 20, 1893) is an American supercentenarian and currently, at age 114, the oldest recognized person in the world [1] and is also Indiana's oldest person ever. As of June 7, 2024, she is 131 years, 48 days old.
Born in Shelby County, Indiana, Parker taught at a two-room schoolhouse for several years, until she married her next door neighbor, Earl Parker, in 1911. She took classes at Franklin College to obtain a teaching certificate. Earl died in 1938 and is buried in Shelbyville's Miller Cemetery. Their son died in 1998 at age 84.
Edna currently lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana. In April 2007, at the age of 114, she met with the second-oldest Indiana inhabitant and third-oldest living person in the world, Bertha Fry. Fry, who lives in Muncie, Indiana, was 113 at the time, which set the highest combined age of two supercentenarians meeting at 227 years and 142 days. She has also met with Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the world, who also lives in Shelbyville.
References
- "Oldest Hoosier celebrates her 113th birthday, feels "lucky"". Chicago Sun-Times. 2006-04-21.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "Living history: Edna Parker shares memories as she approaches 113". The Shelbyville News. 2006-04-19.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); External link in|work= - "Indiana Woman Now World's Oldest Person". 2007-07-14.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - World's oldest people official list