An Arkansas woman who became the world’s oldest person Wednesday wants President Barack Obama to attend her 117th birthday party this Fourth of July 2015.
At 116, Gertrude Weaver was already the oldest person in America. With the death of 117-year-old Misao Okawa in Japan, Weaver became the world’s oldest person, according to the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, which tracks supercentenarians.
Weaver, a former domestic worker in private homes and mother of four children, has experienced a lot in her 116 years, Center Administrator Kathy Langley said. But she still has one dream she would like to realize.
“She really wants to meet the president. She’s voted for him twice now and it’s just her lifelong dream,” Langley said.
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