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Centenarian dies at Creswell

The Columbian
Published: January 24, 2012, 4:00pm

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A woman believed to be the oldest person in Oregon and one of the oldest people in the world died Tuesday at a rehabilitation center in Creswell.

Delma Kollar was 113 or 114, depending on different records.

The Register-Guard reports (http://is.gd/2cfzDS) she was a school teacher in Kansas and California before moving to Oregon in 1982. She outlived two husbands and two of three children.

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Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com

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