Jan 29, 2021
Hilda Brown has had a lot to celebrate lately. The New Jersey woman has beaten the odds in more ways than one - she recently recovered from COVID and turned 110! Brown is now in the supercentenarian club - people age 110 or older. According to the site
, there are as many as 76 of them in the U.S. now and she’s lucky to be among them.
Miss Hilda has led a pretty impressive life so far. She lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but didn’t get it. Later she traveled as a church missionary and worked for 40 years as a waitress before retiring in 1980. She also drove a car until she was 93, walked until age 103 and didn’t stop crocheting until 105.
By Anthony Fillippleo
Jan 29, 2021
Hilda Brown has had a lot to celebrate lately. The New Jersey woman has beaten the odds in more ways than one - she recently recovered from COVID and turned 110! Brown is now in the supercentenarian club - people age 110 or older. According to the site Gerontology Wiki, there are as many as 76 of them in the U.S. now and she’s lucky to be among them.
Miss Hilda has led a pretty impressive life so far. She lived through the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but didn’t get it. Later she traveled as a church missionary and worked for 40 years as a waitress before retiring in 1980. She also drove a car until she was 93, walked until age 103 and didn’t stop crocheting until 105.
One for each year Hilda Brown has been alive.
Brown turned 110 on Jan. 20. The Newfoundland native, who spent much of her life in Fort Lee and then the Bayville section of Berkeley before moving to Tallwoods six years ago, has beaten the odds in more ways than one.
Brown has joined the supercentenarian club people age 110 or older. There are about 75 in the United States right now, according to the website Gerontology Wiki. And she reached that milestone right after surviving COVID-19, which she contracted in November.
“We are absolutely amazed,” great-niece Kristen Howe said. “My entire family is amazed.”
BERKELEY, N.J. – Last week, Tallwoods Care Center in New Jersey received a special delivery: 110 roses.
One for each year Hilda Brown has been alive.
Brown turned 110 on Jan. 20, and she has beaten the odds in more ways than one.
Brown has joined the supercentenarian club – people age 110 or older. There are as many as 76 in the United States right now, according to the website Gerontology Wiki. And she reached that milestone right after surviving COVID-19, which she contracted in November.
“We are absolutely amazed,” great-niece Kristen Howe said. “My entire family is amazed.”
Surviving COVID-19
Howe said the family was notified in mid-November that someone in close contact with Brown had tested positive for COVID-19. Then the family was notified that her roommate had tested positive. Shortly thereafter, Brown herself tested positive and was moved to a quarantine floor, Howe said.