World’s second oldest woman dies aged 116 after suffering no health problems & crediting long life to being outdoorsy
THE world's second oldest woman has died aged 116 after suffering no prior health problems.
Fusa Tatsumi, from Japan, died today from old age and had recently spent most of her days in bed at a nursing home in Kashiwara.
She regularly greeted the employees working there, and according to the home she was well until Monday morning, eating her favourite bean-paste jelly.
At the age of 32, Fusa married a farmer who grew peaches and grapes, and she worked in farming for 25 years.
She also enjoyed gardening and practised the art of Japanese tea ceremony and flower arrangement after she graduated from elementary school.
She grew chrysanthemums at home as a hobby and according to her eldest son, Kanji, Fusa was a methodical and hard worker who has lived a regular life for many years.
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He said that working in the orchard may have contributed to her longevity.
Her love for gardening continued until she entered a nursing home at the age of 106.
She became only the 27th person in history to reach the age of 116, and was only the seventh Japanese person to do so.
Fusa was the fifth out of six children born to her parents and her husband died when she was 55-years-old.
She has had at least one daughter and one son according to Famous Birthdays.
As of January this year, the world's oldest living woman is Maria Branyas Morera in Spain, who is now 116 years old.
She was born on March 4, 1907, according to the Guinness World Records.