110 year old wants quiet birthday

Grietje Jansen Anker, the Netherlands’ oldest inhabitant, will be 110 on Wednesday and has let it be known that she would like to spend the day quietly with family and friends in her residential home in Middelburg. The local council told ANP news service it will send flowers.

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