Catherine Hagel

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name = Catherine Hagel
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birth_date = birth date and age|1894|11|28
birth_place = Dayton, Minnesota, United States
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known_for = Supercentenarian
occupation = Homemaker and farmer

Catherine Helen Dahlheimer Hagel (born November 28, 1894) is an American supercentenarian. She was born in Dayton, Minnesota, and is currently, at age age|1894|11|28, the fourth-oldest validated person in the world since the May 25, 2008 death of fellow 113-year-old Frenchwoman Clémentine Solignac, and the third-oldest validated person in the United States. On February 9, 2008, Catherine Hagel became the oldest person ever in the state of Minnesota. This record was assumed from her sister-in-law Delvina Dahlheimer. Hagel was a farmer, and did not stop farming until she was 100, when she moved to the "North Ridge Care Center" in New Hope, Minnesota. She planted a sizeable garden, sewed, quilted and visited relatives. Her father, who passed away in the mid 1950s, was 95 at the time. She had 11 children with her husband, John, who died in 1966 at age 74, nine of whom were still living as of early 2008. She takes no medications. [ [http://www.startribune.com/local/15467506.html Happy 113 years, 73 days - but who's counting?] ] Her oldest living daughter, Cecilia Gulczinski was, as of September 2008, 90 years old.

As of September 2008, Hagel is listed as one of the 80 longest lived people ever.

ee also

* List of living supercentenarians
* List of oldest people by U.S. state
* List of supercentenarians from the United States
* List of the verified oldest people
* Oldest people
* Supercentenarian

References

External links

* [http://nc.startribune.com/blogs/kersten/?cat=3 "Her 112 Years Have Been Filled with Hard Work, Faith and the Funnies"] , "Minneapolis Star Tribune"
* [http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated Living Supercentenarians]
* [http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings]