Re: Oldest person dies; now it is a Dutch woman

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

It seems as though there have been non-Japanese who are the longest

lived persons lately.

For a follow-up, see:

http://www.grg.org/calment.html

June 29, 2002; Mr. Jan Kuiper of Holland and Mr. Bart Versieck of

Belgium have just sent us these photos of Mrs. Hendrikje Van Andel-

Schipper, the oldest Dutch woman in The Netherlands. She was born on

June 29, 1890 and has just turned 112 years old. She celebrated her

birthday in good health. Mentally, she's very quick, but physically a

bit less so. She still enjoys life but says " The days are long when

no one comes to visit. " She just can't do much anymore; her vision is

too bad. Better known as " Aunt Hennie " , Mrs. Van Andel is the second

person to reach 112 in The Netherlands.

Alan Pater <old542000@...> wrote:

Hi All,

See:

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/040531/w053198.html

Apparently, the next oldest person after this Puerto Rican lady is a

Dutch lady.