Edie Ceccarelli
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About
American supercentenarian who, in 2023, became the oldest known living person in the United States and the third oldest living person in the world. She celebrated her 116th birthday in February 2024. She passed away 17 days later.
Before Fame
She was the first of seven children born to Italian immigrants. She was married to a pressman for the Santa Rosa Democrat. She lived in her own home until the age of 107 when she moved into a senior living facility.
Trivia
She suffers from dementia but was still capable of walking with the aid of a walker. She became the oldest validated living person in the United States after the death of Bessie Hendricks on January 3, 2023. She is one of only three American-born people remaining born before 1909 who are still alive.
Family Life
Her parents were Agostino and Maria Recagno. She married Elmer "Brick" Keenan. After he died in 1984, she married Charles Ceccarelli in 1986. He passed away in 1990.
Associated With
Edna Parker was another American supercentenarian who passed in November of 2008.
