I planned to blog about this extraordinary Minnesota woman back in October when she turned 114 but my sudden move to a new apartment interfered. You may have read about her in Minnesota newspapers or heard about her in other area media. Her story even hit the national news. She was the oldest living woman in Minnesota per all those news stories.

She had to lie to get on Facebook. She was born in 1900 and the cut-off year is 1905. Now, if she has been on Facebook, why aren’t some of my own younger family members on there to keep up with family news? (Hint, hint.)

Back to the story of Anna (Rott) Stoehr who was born in Iowa, but raised in South Dakota and Minnesota. She passed away this weekend.  Of course, I looked her up online. For a while she lived in an area in Winona County, Minnesota where I have distant Irish cousins. Now I wonder if they knew each other.

Just think about all that she saw, heard, and experienced in her life.

Rather than give you a list of links to stories about her, just type her name into your favorite search engine and stories galore will appear. Rest in peace, Anna.

 

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