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29/10/2025 12:51 pm
Wenonah 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. She later remarried to Edgar A. Bish. She worked at Sangamo Electric.
At the age of 109, she underwent hip replacement surgery. She recovered from COVID-19 on two occasions.
One of her aunts, Jessie Rollins, lived to be 107.
As of her 111th birthday in October 2023, she was the second-oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Illinois, behind Susie Lewis (b. 11 August 1911).
On 8 June 2024, following the death of 112-year-old Ms. Lewis, she became the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Illinois.
As of 29 October 2025, she lives in Sherman, Sangamon County, Illinois (USA).
At the age of 111.
A few days before her 111th birthday in 2023.
On her 112th birthday in 2024.
At almost 113 in 2025.
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http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
