Delvina Dahlheimer

Delvina Dahlheimer
Birth:	31 December 1888 Otsego, Minnesota, USA
Death:	13 March 2002 Elk River, Minnesota, USA
Age:	113 years, 72 days
Country:	USA
Validated

Delvina Dahlheimer (née Morrisette; 31 December 1888 – 13 March 2002) was a validated American supercentenarian.

Biography

Delvina Mary Morrisette was born in Otsego, Minnesota, USA, on 31 December 1888. She was the daughter of French-Canadian settlers who came to Minnesota in the 19th century. Her first language was French. In 1909, she married Phillip Dahlheimer. He died in 1974 at the age of 85. The couple had seven children.

Members of her family had also experienced longevity: her mother lived to be 100, her aunt Rosanna Fournier lived to be 91, her aunt Elise Carcon lived to be 90, her uncle Matthias Bourgeois lived to be 91, her sister Flora Martin lived to be 97, her sister Rose Dahlheimer lived to be 100 (almost 101), and her cousin Rose Mary Carron lived to be 101. Two of her children died in their 90s, her son Merlin (1915–2021) lived to be 106 and two of her sons are still alive: Douglas, aged 102 years, 197 days and Maurice, aged 99 years, 176 days.

She lived alone until entering the Guardian Angels Care Center at the age of 101, where she spent the rest of her life. She died in Elk River, Minnesota, USA, on 13 March 2002. Dahlheimer's Minnesota state record title, 113 years, 72 days, was surpassed by Catherine Hagel on 9 February 2008. Coincidentally, Hagel was the sister-in-law of Dahlheimer and were close friends since childhood.

Gallery

As a young girl

In the early 1900s

Aged 80, with her husband and all seven children (1969)

Aged 87, in 1976

Aged 99

Aged 99, with her daughter-in-law Mildred Dahlheimer (aged 70) during the Dahlheimer family gathering in 1988

References

• Gerontology Research Group
• Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group
• Delvina Dahlheimer, 113; One of the Oldest People in the World Los Angeles Times. 18 March 2002
• Family, friends say good-bye to Delvina Dahlheimer, 113 Dahlheimer Family History. 20 March 2002
• Delvina Mary Dahlheimer Find A Grave
• Delvina Mary Morrisette (1888 - 2002) FamilySearch
• Merlin John Dahlheimer confirmed alive in 2021