- Emma Carroll
Emma Vironia Lanman Carroll (
May 18 ,1895 –July 10 ,2007 ) [cite news |url= |title=Emma V. Carroll |accessdate=2007-10-31 |quote=Emma V. Carroll ; 18 May 1895; 09 Jul 2007 (V) 52501 (Ottumwa, Wapello, IA) 481-38-1988; Iowa |publisher=Social Security Death Index ] was, at age 112, theU.S. state ofIowa 's oldest person [ [http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2007/07/10/ap-state-ia/d8q9rt301.txt "Muscatine Journal", "Iowa's oldest person dies",July 10 , 2007] ] since theOctober 29 ,2006 passing of 111-year-old Hazel Blecha, and also the Guinness recordholder for the oldest person to ride in a hot-air balloon at 109 years and 70 days old in 2004. Since her husband Clair lived to be 100, their combined age of more than 212 years also ranks as the second-highest aggregate age of a married couple (total combined age), only behind a Dutch couple.Fact|date=July 2007ee also
* Highest combined age of married couples (>206 years)
References
External links
* http://www.ottumwacourier.com/local/local_story_191233045.html
* http://www.geocities.com/k_gene_carroll/emmacarroll.html
* http://www.freemethodistchurch.org/Magazine/Articles/May-June_2007/SaltShakers_Carroll.htm
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