A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world’s oldest person, her family said Monday.
Dina Manfredini, who lived at the Bishop Drumm Retirement Center in Johnston, died Monday morning, according to her granddaughter Lori Logli. Logli said Manfredini had been suffering from a fever.
Guinness World Records confirmed Manfredini inherited the title of world’s oldest living person less than two weeks ago. Besse Cooper of Georgia previously held the title at age 116.
Logli said her grandmother was known as a great cook who baked Italian bread every Sunday for her family, and meticulously made pasta by hand. She called Manfredini a hard worker.
“She was active her whole life,” Logli said. “She was a very giving person.”
Logli said Manfredini also looked very young for her age. She had salt-and-pepper hair until she was about 110 years old.
