114-year-old woman who challenged Facebook age policy dies
Facebook sent her a bouquet of 114 flowers for her most recent birthday, her son said.
MINNEAPOLIS: (AP) -- A 114-year-old woman who challenged Facebook after the social media site wouldn t let her list her real age has died.
Anna Stoehr, one of Minnesota s oldest residents, died Sunday in her sleep after several days in hospice care, according to her son, Harlan Stoehr.
She drew national attention this year after KARE-TV reported about her attempt to create a Facebook account. Because the site wouldn t let her enter a birth year before 1905, she said she was 99. The station reported that she wrote a letter to the company, saying: "I m still here."
Facebook sent her a bouquet of 114 flowers for her most recent birthday, her son said.
Harlan Stoehr said his mother was sharp until the end. He joked that when he saw her a week ago, "it was like she was 112 again."
Born in Iowa in 1900, Anna Stoehr s family moved to Wisconsin and South Dakota before settling in Ridgeway, Minnesota, in 1919. She lived in Minnesota the rest of her life, her son said.
