American supercentenarian Edith Ceccarelli has passed away. She was of Willits and the oldest living American who celebrated her 116th birthday earlier this month as the second oldest person in the world.
Edith Ceccarelli Cause of death
Edith Ceccarelli died on Thursday afternoon, February 22, 2024, seventeen days after her 116th birthday at the care home where she lived the past nine years. Her cousin by marriage, Evelyn Persico, also of Willits, said Edie ate lightly earlier in the day and she dozed. One of the women who cares for her checked in on her in midafternoon. Edie’s heart had stopped.
Edith Ceccarelli obituary information
Edith Ceccarelli was born in Willits, California, on February 5, 1908, Ceccarelli was the eldest of the seven children of Italian immigrants Agostino and Maria Recagno, who both lived into their 90s. Her father was a lumber worker who also sold groceries by horse and buggy before opening a store in Willits in 1916. She graduated from Willits Union High School in 1927.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
