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Birth: | 22 June 1911 Wishek, North Dakota, USA |
Death: | 16 January 2022 New Port Richey, Florida, USA |
Age: | 110 years, 208 days |
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Violet "Vi" Conn (née Houstman; 22 June 1911 – 16 January 2022) was an American supercentenarian whose age was validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2023.
Biography[]
Violet Conn was born in Wishek, North Dakota, USA on 22 June 1911, the second child of four children of Lloyd Houstman and Mathilda "Tillie" (née Schaeffer) Houstman. She had three siblings: Dareld Houstman (1909–2008), Ann Janke (1913–1982), and Lloyd Houstman (1915–2014).
She graduated from Turtle Lake High School in 1929. She worked in may capacities at Kusler’s Department Store in Turtle Lake for several years before moving to Wilmore, Kentucky in 1935.
She married Arthur "Art" Owsley Conn in Turtle Lake, North Dakota, USA on 10 July 1937. The couple did not have any children. Arthur died on 2 March 2009, after nearly 72 years of marriage.
Her two brothers lived to be 98 respectively. In June 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday.
Conn died in New Port Richey, Florida, USA on 16 January 2022 at the age of 110 years, 208 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourh-oldest known living person in Florida, behind Ada Avila, Frances Pisano, and Sylvia Gumberg.
References[]
- Lloyd A Houstman Find A Grave
- Ann Houstman Janke Obituary Pine City Area History Association, 1982
- Dareld E. Houstman Obituary Goetz Funeral Homes, Inc., January 2008
- Lloyd Houstman Obituary Legacy, 18 March 2014
- Violet H. Conn Obituary Trinity Memorial