From Livinnho:

Mrs. Nellie Hernández of California, USA, sadly passed away on 19 February 2026, aged 110 years and 55 days. She was born on 26 December 1915 in Wilmington, California, to Andrew Ruiz (1890-1978) and Candelaria Benavidez (1894-1956), Mexican immigrants.

She had 9 siblings: Simona (1914-2005), Jesus and Zrenia (1918-1918), Andrew (1919-1986), Amanda (1923-2012), William (1925-2010), Candelaria (1926-2022), Irene (1931-deceased) and Elizabeth (1937).

She married Edward Cruz (1909-1998) on 5 July 1934 in Los Angeles and they had 3 children together: Edmund James, Caroline Jean and Betty Lorraine. After they divorced, she married Joseph Perez Hernández (1921-2004) with whom she also had 3 children: Kathryn Joanne, Cynthia Antoinette and Rhonda Marie.

Nellie Hernandez said that sleeping well, dancing, and being positive, in addition to eating chili peppers, are essential in life.
She said the secret to longevity is dancing and being positive. She always loved to dance; her husband was a musician in a swing band.

For many years, Nellie worked at UCLA Hospital until she retired at the age of 70. However, she always remained active.

She never let things get her down and had a solution for everything. She said she was happy about everything and that God helped her with her problems.

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