Sarah DeRemer Clark Nauss (September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was considered the "world's oldest person" by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998 until her death at age 119. Aged 117, Sarah set the record for the oldest "new" titleholder (which corresponds to the highest "valley" on a graph of the oldest living persons over time). She died a mere 33 hours before the year 2000, the last verified living person born before 1885. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Hollywood, Pennsylvania was a short-lived mining patch settlement that ultimately wound up within the boundaries of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Lehigh Founded 1762  - Mayor Ed Pawlowski Area    - City  18. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Guinness World Records 2007 edition front cover. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

Sarah DeRemer Clark was born in a small United States coal mining town, Hollywood, Pennsylvania (which no longer exists), and died in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1901 she married Abraham Lincoln Knauss (1879-1965). He became a well-known Republican leader in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Upon the 1998 death of Marie-Louise Meilleur, she became the oldest recognized person in the world. Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ... Hollywood, Pennsylvania was a short-lived mining patch settlement that ultimately wound up within the boundaries of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Sic Semper Tyrannis Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Lehigh Founded 1762  - Mayor Ed Pawlowski Area    - City  18. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Lehigh County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ... Marie-Louise Meilleur at 117 Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur (August 29, 1880 – April 16, 1998) was the French-Canadian who, upon the death of Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized person in the world. ...

Knauss was a homemaker and insurance office manager. Her daughter, Kathryn Sullivan (1903-2005), who was 96 at the time of Sarah's death, once explained Knauss' three-digit age by saying: "She's a very tranquil person and nothing fazes her. That's why she's living this long." Two homemakers. ... An Office Manager is a salaried employee charged with the general administrative responsibilities of any given office of a corporation. ...

In 1995, when asked if she enjoyed her long life, Knauss said matter-of-factly: "I enjoy it because I have my health and I can do things." Her passions were said to be watching golf on television, doing needlepoint, and nibbling on milk chocolate turtles, cashews, and potato chips. "Sarah was an elegant lady and worthy of all the honor and adulation she had received," said Joseph Hess, an Administrator of the Phoebe-Devitt Homes Foundation facility where Knauss died quietly in her room. Officials said that, to their knowledge, she had not been ill.

Knauss lived through seven U.S. wars, 23 U.S. Presidents, the sinking of the RMS Titanic and Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic. She was older than the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty, and was already 88 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July of 1969. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... For other uses, see Titanic. ... For the U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1859 – 1924), see Charles August Lindbergh For Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Junior, see Lindbergh kidnapping Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), known as Lucky Lindy and The Lone Eagle, was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight... “Atlantic” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ... For other freedom monuments, see Monument of Liberty. ... Neil Alden Armstrong born August 5, 1930 (age 76) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and Naval Aviator, and was the first human to set foot on the Moon. ...

In addition to her daughter, Knauss was survived by a grandson, three great-granddaughters, and five great-great grandchildren.

At age 116 she was recognized as the United States national longevity recordholder, then thought to be held by the meanwhile disputed Carrie White (1874?-1991). It is now believed that the record should have been held by Lucy Hannah (117 years and 248 days), who died in 1993. In any case, Sarah extended the U.S. record to age 119. She lived to see her daughter turn 96, and passed away 33 hours before the year 2000. Some scientific circles consider her to be the second-oldest person ever, though Guinness recognizes her as third, after Jeanne Calment (1875-1997) and the also in the meantime disputed Shigechiyo Izumi (1865?-1986) respectively. Longevity is defined as long life or the length of a persons life (life expectancy). ... Carrie C. White, née Joyner (November 18, 1874? – February 14, 1991), was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world around the time she celebrated her 114th birthday in 1988. ... Lucy Hannah was the oldest African-American on record, as well as the oldest living American at the time of her death. ... Jeanne Louise Calment (February 21, 1875 - August 4, 1997) reached the longest confirmed lifespan in history at 122 years and 164 days. ... Shigechiyo Izumi (Japanese: 泉 重千代 Izumi Shigechiyo, June 29, 1865 or 1880 – February 21, 1986) of Tokunoshima, Amami Islands, Japan (where people are noted for their longevity) was, according to Guinness World Records, the person with the greatest authenticated age in the world after the death of Niwa Kawamoto, also from Japan. ...

She is considered to have been the last living member of the Missionary Generation. The Missionary Generation is the designation given by Strauss and Howe in their book Generations to that generation in the United States of America born from 1860 to 1882. ...