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Centenarian - Louise Pendarvis
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Louise Pendarvis

I have spent my whole life in the Oak Park/ River Forest area of Illinois. I loved growing up here and raising my own family here…

Centenarian - Douglas Clark
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Douglas Clark

I traveled to more than 130 countries – from Morocco and Libya to Singapore and Australia – preaching the gospel…

Centenarian - Ruth Mathias
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Ruth Matthias

I’m a tried-and-true Cubs fan. My late husband was scouted by the Cubs as a pitcher in 1934…

Centenarian - Julia Segal
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Julia Segel

I was born in a fairly small town in Hungary and was the second youngest of six children…

Centenarian - Eva Alkorn
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Eva Altkorn

My family emigrated from Russia. I was the youngest of seven children, the only one of my siblings born in the states…

Centenarian - Seigfried Kornbluth
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Siegfried “Sigi” Kornbluth

“My motto is to have good luck –“Mazel Tov”– and I think that it has been true for most of my life…

Centenarian - Bernice Berlingame
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Bernice Burlingame

My idea of perfect happiness is to spend time with my family.

Centenarian - Adele Weinstein
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Adele Weinstein

My motto is to have a positive attitude and stay in balance. I smile because you don’t see the wrinkles. They are wisdom lines…

Centenarian - Sylvia Leiberman
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Sylvia Lieberman

It’s never too late to realize your dream. I published my book while in my nineties….

Belmont Village Artist Stories Boyd
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Patricia Boyd

Patricia Boyd was a member of a female vocal group called The Carolinas…