Pittstown, N.J. – A 113-year-old New Jersey woman is the new holder of the title of oldest American.
Adele Dunlap became the country’s oldest person earlier this month following the death of Goldie Michelson, of Worcester, Mass., The Record newspaper reported.
She also is the 10th oldest person in the world, according to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, which tracks supercentenarians, people 110 or older.
Dunlap lives at the Country Arch Care Center in Pittstown, where she first arrived at age 99 and a half. Asked how it feels to be the oldest American, she told the newspaper: “I don’t feel any different.” Asked what it means to be an American, she said: “Well, I’ve never been anything else.”
