Dr. Leila Denmark, one of the world's oldest, dies at 114

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By Michelle E. Shaw
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Dr. Leila Denmark, who practiced medicine until she was 103, died Sunday. She was 114.


A native of Georgia's Bulloch County, Dr. Denmark was the only woman in the class of 1928 at the Medical College of Georgia. She began treating sick children in her home the same year Mickey Mouse made his debut. By the time she retired, she was treating the grandchildren of some of her early patients -- and still in a home office.

Dr. Denmark, who lived and worked in and around Atlanta starting in the '20s, moved to Athens to live with her daughter a few years ago.

http://www.ajc.com/news/dr-leila-denmark-one-1405820.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Nice lady.

In this 2008 photo, Dr. Leila Denmark celebrates her 110th birthday with her great-granddaughter, one-month-old Grace Irene Brooks, in Athens, Ga. Family members say Denmark, who was the world's oldest practicing physician when she retired at age 103, died Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Athens, Ga. She was 114.

[Ron Obvious]

2. One of the last from the 19th century

My grandparents were all born in the 19th century and they've been gone for 30+ years. It always astonishes me that there are some of their generation still living. There can't be many left.

I feel a small sense of personal loss whenever we lose one, even if (obviously) I didn't know them personally.