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Zela Burstad
Zela Burstad
Birth: 7 October 1893
Park River, North Dakota, USA
Death: 19 March 2004
Snohomish, Washington, USA
Age: 110 years, 164 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Zela Burstad (née Jones; 7 October 1893 – 19 March 2004) was an American supercentenarian, whose age is officialy validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Zela Jones Pearson was born the fourth of eight children, to Robert and Eska Pearson, near Park River in North Dakota, USA on 7 October 1893. She married Olaf Burstad, who died February 21, 1975. Zela moved from Bend, OR and settled in the Florence Acres area near Monroe in 1925, moved back to North Dakota in the late forties and returned here in 1964 settling in Everett where she resided until moving to the care center in 1995. Zela Burstad died in Merry Haven Health Care Center in Snohomish, Washington, USA on 19 March 2004 at the age of 110 years, 164 days. At the time of her death she had 10 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; 40 great great grandchildren; two great great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

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