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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 10 > Mary Ray, 114, was the oldest person in U.S.

Mary Ray, 114, was the oldest person in U.S.

By Peter Schworm / The Bulletin
March 10, 2010

Almost until the end, Mary Josephine Ray would take song requests, crooning traditional Acadian tunes from her childhood and Tin Pan Alley standards. From her New Hampshire nursing home, she played cribbage with a youthful zeal, tallying every point herself. At 106, she shrugged off hip....

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