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  World's Oldest Person Celebrates Birthday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Van Andel-Schipper, who celebrated her birthday in a retirement home in the northern Dutch town of Hoogeveen, was born in 1890.
Wearing a blue dress, white cardigan and with a rose pinned to her blouse, Van Andel-Schipper was presented with a silver commemorative plate by her favourite soccer team, Ajax Amsterdam, recognising her as the club's oldest fan, and with a pendant by the local mayor.
The daughter of a rural headmaster, Van Andel-Schipper was born in the town of Smilde in the northern Netherlands on June 29, 1890.
www.globalaging.org /elderrights/world/2004/oldest.htm   (533 words)

  
 Henny van Andel-Schipper - Wikipedia
Hendrikje (Henny) van Andel-Schipper (Kloosterveen (Smilde), 29 juni 1890 Hoogeveen, 30 augustus 2005) was tussen 29 mei 2004 en 30 augustus 2005 de oudste erkende levende persoon ter wereld.
De oudste Nederlander tot dan toe was mevrouw Catharina van Dam-Groeneveld, die in Leiden werd geboren op 20 november 1887, en op 16 februari 2001 aldaar stierf op de leeftijd van 113 jaar en 88 dagen.
De oudste Nederlander was sinds het overlijden van Hendrikje de op 31 januari 1895 geboren Alexandrine van Donkelaar-Vink uit Bunnik: toen 110 jaar oud, en inmiddels op 111-jarige leeftijd ook overleden, nl.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henny_van_Andel-Schipper   (1012 words)

  
 nu.nl/algemeen | Hendrikje van Andel overleed aan maagkanker
Van Andel besloot op 82-jarige leeftijd haar lichaam ter beschikking te stellen aan de wetenschap.
Uit het onderzoek op het lichaam blijkt nu dat Van Andel hoogstwaarschijnlijk is overleden aan een maagtumor, aldus Holstege vrijdag.
Uit het onderzoek bleek verder dat Van Andel nog behoorlijk gezond was.
nu.nl /news/584081/10/Hendrikje_van_Andel_overleed_aan_maagkanker.html   (669 words)

  
 cantonrep.com
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, believed to be the world's oldest person, died Tuesday at a home for the elderly in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
In 2001, when she was 111, van Andel-Schipper was invited to tea with the queen, which she considered a highlight of her life.
Sickly and underweight as a child, van Andel-Schipper was robust and healthy as an adult; at age 100 she survived breast cancer that required a mastectomy.
www.cantonrep.com /printable.php?ID=240049   (663 words)

  
 Blog of Death: Henny van Andel-Schipper
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, the world's oldest person, died in her sleep on Aug. 30.
Born prematurely in 1890, Van Andel-Schipper's mother once declared: "This child is not meant to live." Henny not only lived, she thrived into her supercentenarian years.
Van Andel-Schipper underwent a mastectomy in 1995 after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 100.
www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001503.html   (291 words)

  
 Van Andel-Schipper Obiturary in the LA Times
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, the world's oldest person, died Tuesday at a home for the elderly in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
Epstein said "Van Andel-Schipper had agreed to be autopsied by the University of Groningen to help scientists learn more about longevity." Sickly and underweight as a child, Van Andel-Schipper was robustly healthy as an adult, and at age 100 she survived breast cancer that required a mastectomy.
Van Andel-Schipper decided to leave her body to science when she was 82.
www.grg.org /HvAndelSchipper.htm   (850 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | World's oldest person dies at 115
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died in her sleep at the care home where she lived, the director of the centre said.
Mrs van Andel's husband died of cancer in 1959, but she continued to live on her own until she moved into the retirement home at the age of 105.
Mrs van Andel was a passionate football fan, and supported Ajax of Amsterdam, the Netherlands' leading team, for most of her life.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/4197490.stm   (354 words)

  
 NOSJOURNAAL - Hendrikje viert 115de verjaardag
Met haar 115 lentes is Hendrikje volgens haar notering in het Guinness Book of Records precies een jaar, een maand en 23 dagen ouder dan de oudste levende man. Recordhouder is de Hoogeveense nog lang niet: de Franse Jeanne-Louise Calment, die in 1997 stierf, werd 122 jaar en 164 dagen oud.
Hendrikje vierde haar verjaardag thuis, in verzorgingshuis De Westerkim.
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper is de oudste Nederlander die ooit leefde.
www.nos.nl /nosjournaal/artikelen/2005/6/29/290605_hendrikje115.html   (273 words)

  
 august 2005 > final credits > last link on the left
Since May 2004, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper held the title of "world's oldest living person." She was the first person since the 1980s to hold the title while over the age of 114 years.
Van Andel was born Hendrikje Schipper in 1890 in Smilde, a small northern village in Drenthe, the Netherlands.
Van Andel died in an academic hospital at Groningen.
lastlinkontheleft.com /fc0508.html   (4589 words)

  
 H. van Andel-Schipper, 115; was world's oldest person - The Boston Globe
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, believed to be the world's oldest person, died yesterday at a home for the elderly in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.
van Andel-Schipper was invited to tea with the queen, which she considered a highlight of her life.
van Andel-Schipper was robust and healthy as an adult; at age 100 she survived breast cancer that required a mastectomy.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/08/31/h_van_andel_schipper_115_was_worlds_oldest_person?mode=PF   (381 words)

  
 Anti-Aging Medicine & Science Blog: World's Oldest Person, Van Andel-Schipper, Dies at Age of 115
Van Andel-Schipper, born in the northern Dutch village of Smilde on June 29, 1890, died in her bed this morning, said Johan Beijering, the manager of the retirement home where she resided.
Van Andel-Schipper enjoyed bicycle riding in her earlier years and considered the bike the world's best invention, Beijering said.
Van Andel-Schipper in March 2004 received an award from the Ajax FC, the most successful Dutch soccer team, for being the side's oldest living supporter.
anti-ageing.us /2005/08/worlds-oldest-person-van-andel.html   (803 words)

  
 Anti-Aging Medicine & Science Blog: World's Oldest Person: Hendrikje van Andel
Mrs Van Andel-Schipper was born as Hendrikje Schipper in 1890 in Smilde, a small village in Drenthe.
Henny van Andel-Schipper lived with her parents until she was 47 years old.
She left her parents' home at the age of 47 and married Dick van Andel at the age of 49 in 1939.
anti-ageing.us /2004/12/worlds-oldest-person-hendrikje-van.html   (929 words)

  
 cbs4boston.com - World's Oldest Person Dies At 115
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died peacefully in her sleep, according to the home’s director, Johan Beijering.
She had no children or immediate family and her husband, Dick van Andel, died of cancer in 1959.
Hendrikje's physical ailments were increasing, she told Johan Beijering, the director of the elderly home where she lived, ‘It’s been nice, but the man upstairs says it’s time to go.”
cbs4boston.com /national/topstories_story_242112331.html   (343 words)

  
 Second oldest supercentenarian 2005: Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890 - 2005 )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ask Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper what's been the greatest technological advance in her lifetime, and she'll tell you it's the automobile.
Though Van Andel-Schipper loves to talk, she hasn't been chatting to the press lately due to a mild bladder infection.
She was sickly and underweight as a child, and her parents were so concerned about her health that they kept her out of school; her father, the headmaster of the local primary school, taught her at home.
www.supercentenarian.com /oldest/index.html   (467 words)

  
 World's oldest person celebrates 114th birthday - World - www.smh.com.au
A retired Dutch needlework teacher with a passion for soccer and a taste for herring celebrated her 114th birthday yesterday with a place in the record books as the world's oldest person.
Van Andel-Schipper, who will celebrate her birthday in a retirement home in the northern Dutch town of Hoogeveen, was born in 1890.
Her local municipality is throwing a birthday party for Van Andel-Schipper - who has become the town's biggest celebrity - at her retirement home.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/06/29/1088487961684.html   (504 words)

  
 World's 'oldest person' dies aged 115
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died in her sleep ages 115
115 year-old Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher who was born in 1890, died in her sleep at a nursing home in the Dutch town of Hoogeveen.
Mrs van Andel, a passionate football fan who supported Ajax, married a tax inspector in the 1930's and sold her jewellery for cash during the German Occupation of Amsterdam in World War Two.
www.itv.com /news/1a9529eb889e84df187821c86e8e4d5b.html   (245 words)

  
 † Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper 29-08-2005 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
De oudste vrouw ter wereld, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, is op 29-08-2005 in een verzorgingshuis in Hoogeveen overleden.
Van Andel-Schipper werd 115 jaar en twee maanden oud.
Op 29 juni vierde Van Andel-Schipper haar 115e verjaardag.
www.flickr.com /photos/gavrila/167892605   (180 words)

  
 - Weekly News for September 2nd to 9th, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The world’s oldest confirmed person, Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper of Holland, died in her sleep on August 30, 2005.
Van Andel attributed her long life to a daily diet of fish and orange juice.
Van Andel was a former needle-point instructor who lived through both of the World Wars in Europe.
www.kidsnewsroom.org /newsissues/090205/index.asp?page=AroundWorldPrint   (270 words)

  
 Our Daily Dead » Blog Archive » Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, 115; Held Title of the World’s Oldest ...
Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, 115; Held Title of the World’s Oldest Person for 15 Months
On her 115th birthday, she received visits from Dutch Queen Beatrix’s daughter-in-law, Princess Laurentien, and a delegation from the Amsterdam Ajax soccer club, which Van Andel-Schipper supported for 87 years.
Sickly and underweight as a child, Van Andel-Schipper was robustly healthy as an adult, and at age 100 she survived breast cancer that required a mastectomy.
www.ourdailydead.com /hendrikje-van-andel-schipper.htm   (606 words)

  
 Henny van Andel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hendrikje van Andel died in August 2005 at the age of 115 years old.
Article in the Hoogeveensche Courant, 2 June 2004: ‘Henny van Andel, world's oldest citizen senior'.
Van Andel in her room at the nursing home.
www.hoogeveen.nl /vrijepagina_english.aspx?menuID=395&pageID=588   (190 words)

  
 World's oldest person dies in Netherlands
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper is seen in this 2004 file photo at de Westerkim, home for the elderly, in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands.
Dutch woman van Andel-Schipper, the oldest person in the world, has died at age 115, the Netherlands national news service NOS reported on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005.
Her status as 'oldest person' was recognized by Guiness Book of World Records last year.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-08/31/content_473847.htm   (360 words)

  
 WikiMiki.net - 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
- 26 juni - Prinses Alexia van Oranje-Nassau, de twiède dochter van de Nederlandse kroanprins Willem-Alexander en prinses Máxima, weurt gebore in Den Haag.
- Prinses Alexia van Oranje-Nassau, de twiède dochter van de Nederlandse kroanprins Willem-Alexander en prinses Maxima, weurt gebore in Den Haag.
- Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, d'n aajdste mins te wereld, störf op 115-jäörege leeftied.
2005.li.wikimiki.net   (3211 words)

  
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Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper died in her sleep on Tuesday, apparently as a result of a stomach tumour.
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 Latest News and Financial Information | Reuters.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, a former needlework teacher, was born in 1890, the year Sioux Indians were massacred by the U.S. military at the Battle of Wounded Knee.
Oh, van Gogh shot himself and died in 1890.
I think he was an artist or something, but I can't remember where he was from…maybe you do.
go.reuters.com /newsroom.jhtml   (253 words)

  
 American Woman Becomes World’s Oldest Living Person
The previous title holder, Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands, died in her sleep at 2 a.m.
Del Toro is also the oldest living U.S. veteran, having served two months in the U.S. Army during Word War I. He lives in Isabela, Puerto Rico, and was born on Aug. 21, 1891 in Red Cabo.
Only a few hours after news of Mrs van Andel-Schipper's death, it was confirmed Florence Reeves, England's oldest woman, had died at a nursing home at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, on Sunday.
www.seniorjournal.com /NEWS/SeniorStats/5-08-31OldestPerson.htm   (882 words)

  
 Oldest Living Woman Challenge Fades Away
July 17, 2005 - Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, who turned 115 years old on June 29, is holding on to her title as the world’s oldest living woman, despite challenges that emerged earlier this year claiming a Brazilian woman, Maria Olivia da Silva of São Paulo, turned 125 in February.
Guinness still lists Van Andel-Schipper, who lives in a nursing home in Hoogeveen, Netherlands, as the oldest woman.
She was born June 29, 1890 and took the title at the age of 113 on May 29, 2004.
www.seniorjournal.com /NEWS/SeniorStats/5-07-17OldestWomanChallenge.htm   (930 words)

  
 SAABT - In Japan, 100 And Counting Isn't Rare
Experts say a traditional fish-based, low-fat diet may be Japan's secret to long life.
The oldest Japanese person is 114-year-old Ura Koyama, who is two months younger than the Guinness World Records' oldest living person, Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands.
Okinawa, the southernmost chain of islands, has the highest concentration of centenarians in Japan.
saabt.com /article.asp?article=163   (312 words)

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