Changes: Mazie Ford

	Mazie Ford
	; Ford on her 111th birthday in 2017.
Birth:	28 June 1906; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:	6 May 2019; Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
Age:	112 years, 312 days
Country:	USA
	Validated

Latest revision as of 11:50, 3 June 2022

Mazie Golin Ford (née Cherry; 28 June 1906 – 6 May 2019) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Mazie Ford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on 28 June 1906. She was the fifth of eight children born to Clara and Louis Cherry. At the age of 16, she married Harry Golin, and they had two children. Together, the couple grew a neighbourhood butcher shop into a wholesale meat business in the Philadelphia area. After Golin died in 1978, she went on to marry her second husband, Newton Ford. As of June 2016, she had four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

In 1967, Ford moved to Hallandale Beach, Florida, where she lived for the rest of her life. At the age of 100, she began knitting small hats for infants at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, which she was still doing as of her 112th birthday in June 2018. She stopped driving in her mid-100s and said her husband used to drive a Ford Model-T.

Ford died in Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA, on 6 May 2019 at the age of 112 years, 312 days.

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Gallery

References

At 109, Hollywood hospital volunteer celebrates a busy life Sun Sentinel, 2 August 2015
Mazie Ford celebrates 109th birthday in Hallandale Beach Local, 2 August 2015
South Florida Woman Celebrates 110th Birthday in Style NBC Miami, 28 June 2016
Local volunteer Mazie Ford turns 111-years-old Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2017
She lived to be almost 113, and thought as Florida’s oldest. What was her secret? Miami Herald, 8 May 2019
GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group

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-|caption = Mazie Ford on her 111th birthday
+|caption = Ford on her 111th birthday in 2017.
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+|birthyr = 1906 |birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
+|deathyr = 2019 |deathplace = Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
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+}}<!--
-'''Mazie Ford''' (born 28 June 1906) is an American supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated.
+-->'''Mazie Golin Ford''' (née '''Cherry'''; 28 June 1906 – 6 May 2019) was an American [[supercentenarian]] whose age is validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).
 ==Biography==
-Ford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 28 June 1906. She got married for the first time at the age of 16, and had two husbands, two children, four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
+Mazie Ford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on 28 June 1906. She was the fifth of eight children born to Clara and Louis Cherry. At the age of 16, she married Harry Golin, and they had two children. Together, the couple grew a neighbourhood butcher shop into a wholesale meat business in the Philadelphia area. After Golin died in 1978, she went on to marry her second husband, Newton Ford. As of June 2016, she had four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
-Ford currently lives in south Florida. At the age of 100, she began knitting small hats for infants at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, which she was still doing as of her 111th birthday. She stopped driving in her mid-100s and said her husband used to drive a Model-T.
+In 1967, Ford moved to Hallandale Beach, Florida, where she lived for the rest of her life. At the age of 100, she began knitting small hats for infants at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida, which she was still doing as of her 112th birthday in June 2018. She stopped driving in her mid-100s and said her husband used to drive a Ford Model-T.
+Ford died in Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA, on 6 May 2019 at the age of 112 years, 312 days.
+{{Stub}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+MFordyoung.png|As a young woman.
+MFord107.jpeg|On her 107th birthday in 2013.
+MFord109.jpeg|On her 109th birthday in 2015.
+Mazie Ford.png|On her 110th birthday in 2016.
+MFord111.jpeg|On her 111th birthday in 2017.
+MFord112.jpeg|On her 112th birthday in 2018.
+</gallery>
 ==References==
 *[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-mazie-ford-109-birthday-20150802-story.html At 109, Hollywood hospital volunteer celebrates a busy life] Sun Sentinel, 2 August 2015
+*[https://www.local10.com/news/local/mazie-ford-celebrates-109th-birthday-in-hallandale-beach Mazie Ford celebrates 109th birthday in Hallandale Beach] Local, 2 August 2015
 *[http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/South-Florida-Woman-Celebrates-110th-Birthday-in-Style-384758031.html South Florida Woman Celebrates 110th Birthday in Style] NBC Miami, 28 June 2016
 *[http://www.sun-sentinel.com/93967315-132.html Local volunteer Mazie Ford turns 111-years-old] Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2017
+*[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/obituaries/article230132719.html She lived to be almost 113, and thought as Florida’s oldest. What was her secret?] Miami Herald, 8 May 2019
+*[http://supercentenarian-research-foundation.org/TableE.aspx GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List] Gerontology Research Group
 [[Category:Pennsylvania births]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:United States births]]
+[[Category:2019 deaths]]
+[[Category:Florida deaths]]
+[[Category:United States deaths]]
+[[Category:Deceased people]]

Mazie Ford
Ford on her 111th birthday in 2017.
Birth:	28 June 1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:	6 May 2019 Hallandale Beach, Florida, USA
Age:	112 years, 312 days
Country:	USA
Validated