Dina Manfredini, 115, claimed the title after the previous record holder died Tuesday. “These days, she spends much of her day sleeping.”
Lisa Fernandez, The Des Moines Register
Some details about Manfredini, via a 2011 article from the Diocese of Des Moines:
Dina was born and raised in Sant’Andrea, a small town in northern Italy, the month the after William McKinley became president of the United States ... It was still the Victorian age, in fact Queen Victoria was celebrating 50 years on the throne in England.
Via: z3.invisionfree.com
She came to America as a bride in 1920 and settled with her husband, Riccardo, in a tiny mining camp on the southwest edge of Des Moines. Riccardo was 15-years older and had come to America first before sending for Dina.
