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26/02/2026 12:31 am
Mrs. Etta Louise Burkhalter of Grand Rapids, Michigan (USA) sadly passed away on 23 February 2026, aged 113 years and 102 days.
She was born on 13 November 1912.
She was the 5th oldest living person in the United States.
https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/etta-burkhalter-obituary?id=60883067
Rest in peace.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
26/02/2026 12:50 am
R.I.P. Ms. Burkhalter.
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
