Confirmation of Dina Manfredini reaching 115: http://whotv.com/2012/04/04/oldest-iowan-birthday-wishes-for-115-year-old/
The 2nd oldest living person Dina Manfredini, reaches 115 years of age. She was born on 4th April 1897 in Italy and lives in Iowa as of now. She is also the oldest Italian born ever of all time, Surpassing Venere Pizzinato (23 Nov 1896-2 Aug 2011) (Age 114 yrs, 252 days). She has been the 2nd oldest person in the world (Behind Besse Cooper (b. 26 Aug 1896) for more than 4 months. She became the 2nd oldest after the death of Chiyono Hasegawa (20 Nov 1896-2 Dec 2011) on 2nd December 2011. She has lived in her own house since 110 and is the oldest person to live in Iowa since 7 December 2011. She became the oldest living Iowa resident after the death of Neva Morris (3rd Aug 1895-6 Apr 2010), although Neva is still the oldest born Iowan. She is also one of the 2 people left still living from 1897, and only female (since Jiroemon Kimura, who was born only 15 days after her is a male) left from 1897. She is also the oldest born from 1897 for more than 1 year (from 29th March 2011 onwards, to be exact) after the death of Shige Hirooka. Born Dina Guerri in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, to Italian-descent parents on 4 April 1897, Manfredini emigrated to the United States at 23 years of age with her husband, Riccardo Manfredini, who was also known there as Paul Manfredini. She is one of the 26 undisputed people to reach 115.
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