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06/11/2025 7:50 am
Mrs. Wenonah Bish of Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois (USA), the 6th oldest living person in the USA, sadly passed away on 1 November 2025, at the age of 113 years and 30 days.
She was born on 2 October 1912.
She was the oldest living person in Illinois, USA.
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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06/11/2025 9:41 am
🕊 Rest in eternal peace, Ms. Wenonah Bish (1912-2025).
06/11/2025 10:07 am
Rest in peace Ms Wenonah Bish.
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07/11/2025 10:20 am
https://longeviquest.com/2025/11/wenonah-bish-illinois-oldest-resident-dies-at-113/
Wenonah Bish, Illinois’ Oldest Resident, Dies at 113
Wenonah Bish, the oldest living person in Illinois, USA, passed away in Sherman on 1 November, at the age of 113 years, 30 days.
Bish was born in Springfield, Illinois, USA, on 2 October 1912. She attended Springfield High School.
In the early 1930s, she married William Wright, with whom she had two children: Donald Wright Sr. and Delores Hughes (born 1933). She later remarried to Edgar A. Bish. She worked at Sangamo Electric.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
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03/12/2025 10:48 pm
She is the 10th oldest person born in Illinois.
She is also the 10th oldest person to die in Illinois.
She is the 196th oldest person in US history.
She is the 502nd oldest person in history.
She was the 19th oldest living person in the world.
She was the 6th oldest living person in the US.
