Oldest Minnesotan celebrates 114th birthday

October 13, 2014 at 10:50AM
At Green Prairie Place senior housing in Plainview, Minnesota, Anna Stoehr celebrated her 114th birthday. She is the oldest Minnesotan alive and one of the ten oldest living Americans. Great niece Sharon Warnken reminded Anna that the candles also melted into the frosting at last year's celebration.
At Green Prairie Place senior housing in Plainview, Minnesota, Anna Stoehr celebrated her 114th birthday. She is the oldest Minnesotan alive and one of the ten oldest living Americans. Great niece Sharon Warnken reminded Anna that the candles also melted into the frosting at last year's celebration. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Anna Stoehr celebrated her 114th birthday at Green Prairie Place senior housing in Plainview, Minn., on Sunday. Stoehr is the oldest Minnesotan alive and one of the 10 oldest living Americans.

Stoehr, who was born the year before Teddy Roosevelt became president, keeps up with current issues, and recently got an iPad, which she uses to e-mail and surf the Web.

Erik Dahl,7, who attends church with Anna Stoehr read up on a history of "Anna's Era" which began on October 15, 1900, the year before Teddy Roosevelt became president. This past September, she joined the World Wide Web and started using an Ipad.
Erik Dahl,7, who attends church with Anna Stoehr read up on a history of "Anna's Era" which began on October 15, 1900, the year before Teddy Roosevelt became president. This past September, she joined the World Wide Web and started using an Ipad.]At Green Prairie Place in Plainview, Minnesota, Anna Stoehr celebrated her 114th birthday. She is the oldest Minnesotan alive and one of the ten oldest living Americans. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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