R.I.P. Ms. Hootman.

https://longeviquest.com/2026/06/alice-hootman-iowas-oldest-resident-dies-at-110/

Alice Hootman, Iowa’s Oldest Resident, Dies at 110

Alice Martha Hootman, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Iowa, passed away in Sigourney on 11 June, aged 110 years, 136 days.

Alice Martha Hootman was born on a farm north of Fairfield, Iowa, on 26 January 1916, to Charles J. Black and Catherine Collett. On 13 February 1932, she married Arthur Clair Hootman (1907–1986), and they had three children: Donald Claire Hootman (1933–1952), Carol Gene Hootman (1936–2022), and Nancy (Hootman) Kerr (born 1940).

They lived on a farm North of Fairfield, Iowa, until 1949. They then moved to East of Vinton. She was employed at the County Home and later at the Iowa Braille & Sight Saving School. In 1986, she and her husband moved to Webster, Iowa. Following her husband’s death later that year, she continued to reside in Webster before later relocating to Sigourney.

She is the oldest person born in 1916 to die so far.
She was the 67th oldest living person in the USA.
The oldest living person in Iowa is now Pauline Jones, born on August 6, 1917, in Forest City and a resident of Winterset.
She died at the same age as:
Elisa Esnault F 10 Dec 1870 25 Apr 1981 FRA
Eleonora Prunetti F 7 Oct 1880 20 Feb 1991 ITA
Effie Chapman F 14 Apr 1883 28 Aug 1993 USA
Edna McClure F 28 Aug 1899 11 Jan 2010 UK
Audrey Middleton F 30 Nov 1903 15 Apr 2014 UK
Estella Thelwell F 18 Feb 1911 4 July 2021 JAM
Eutelle Nix F 22 Apr 1912 5 Sept 2022 USA
She was the 231st oldest living person in the world.