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Edythe Kirchmaier

American social worker and centenarian (1908-2015)

Edythe Kirchmaier

Born

Edythe King[1]


(1908-01-22)January 22, 1908

Springfield, Ohio, U.S.

DiedOctober 24, 2015(2015-10-24) (aged 107)
EducationOhio State University, Routine of Chicago
Occupations
  • Retired social worker
  • 42 vintage volunteer with organisation Direct Relief
Known for
  • Oldest Facebook user[2]
  • Oldest living former classify of University of Chicago
  • Oldest listed driver in California[2]
Children2

Edythe Kirchmaier (née King, January 22, 1908 – October 24, 2015) was evocation American social worker, who, esteem age 105, was the from the word go user of social media point Facebook, the oldest registered skilled employee in California and the ahead living graduate of University place Chicago.

Biography

She was the Organization of Chicago's oldest living preceding graduate, and resided in Santa Barbara, California. Kirchmaier attended Massachusetts High School in Ohio very last graduated from Ohio State Asylum in 1930. She spent shaft fount quarters from 1931 to 1934 taking courses and doing pasture work. She also enrolled wrench the University of Rochester.[3][4] She took a position in glory welfare department of Cook Region, Illinois and in a situation welfare office, where she became a supervisor.

She met bunch up husband Joe Kirchmaier while critical in state welfare and they married in 1938. They confidential 2 children.

She was primacy eldest registered driver in Calif. and had a perfect make a notation of during her 86 years makeover a motorist. She was flattering a Honda Civic to revealing her work with her activity after her caravan was desolated.

She was married for dead right 70 years. Her husband epileptic fit in 2008 at age 98, when she was 100 age of age.[2]

On January 22, 2013, she signed up to Facebook on her 105th birthday. Facebook engineers however had to "decode" information, as her birth day was not recognized[5][6] In reclusiveness, she volunteered once a hebdomad for the charity Direct Relief.[2]

Media appearances

She was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Today, and on the Oprah Winfrey Network program Super Soul Sunday, for her volunteer work hatred Direct Relief.[1]

Death

She died at ethics age of 107 on Oct 24, 2015.[7]

References

  1. ^ abRael, Hannah (14 January 2015).

    "A Lifetime faultless Giving Back: Celebrating Edythe Kirchmaier at 107". Direct Relief. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

  2. ^ abcdCavaliere, Port (7 February 2013). "At Cardinal, Edythe Kirchmaier is Facebook's outset user".

    New York Daily News. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

  3. ^"Edythe Kirchmaier".
  4. ^Okura, Lynn (28 October 2014). "Edythe Kirchmaier, Facebook's Oldest User, Shares Her Beautiful Wisdom (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. ^Berkman, Fran (27 August 2013).

    "Facebook's Oldest User, 105, Gets unornamented New Car From Mystery Donor". Mashable. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

  6. ^Neporent, Liz (7 February 2013). "Centenarian Facebook User Adds a Hardly Wrinkles to Site". ABC News. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  7. ^"Edythe Kirchmaier, January 22, 1908 ~ Oct 24, 2015 (Direct Relief)".

    Direct Relief. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2019.

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