Ms. Emma Kmet of Strongsville, Ohio, USA, sadly passed away on 9 July 2026 at age 111.
She was born on 31 January 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
She was the oldest living person in Ohio (USA).
https://www.mallchokfh.com/obituary/Emma-Kmet
Rest in peace.
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R.I.P. Ms. Kmet.
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
https://longeviquest.com/2026/07/emma-kmet-the-oldest-person-in-ohio-usa-dies-at-111/
Emma Kmet, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Ohio, passed away in Strongsville on 9 July, at the age of 111 years, 159 days.
Emma Kmet was born in the Tremont area of Cleveland, Ohio, on 31 January 1915, to parents Suzanna and Paul Demian. Both of Emma’s parents were Slovakian. Emma graduated from Lincoln High School in Cleveland and commuted daily by bus to her job as a bookkeeper for an insurance company in downtown Cleveland.
In 1940, at a friend’s wedding, Emma met Ed Kmet, and they married on 20 November 1941, when she was 26. In 1953, the couple moved to North Royalton with their three children—Mary Louise, Edward, and Emmy. Throughout her adult life, Emma was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the North Royalton Garden Club, where she served as president for many years. Her husband, Ed, was a director at Parma Hospital and ran for mayor of North Royalton in 1965. In addition to sewing, gardening, quilting, and baking delicate Slovak pastries, Emma had a passion for traveling and collecting.
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