VIDEO AT LINK.................. Nov. 10 (UPI) -- An Iowa woman who was verified as the oldest living person in the United States earlier this year celebrated her 115th birthday. Bessie Hendricks celebrated her 115th birthday with a party at Shady Oaks Care Center, where she lives in Lake City. The party was attended by all three of Hendricks' surviving children, including daughter Joan Schaffer, who celebrated her 90th birthday the previous day. "I don't know how you put it into words," Schaffer told KCCI-TV. "It's marvelous that we still have her." Hendricks' own mother died when she was 13, leaving...
