(Hazel Crest, IL) — A Cook County woman is dead not long after becoming the oldest person in Illinois. Edna Lawler passed away Sunday from stroke complications. She celebrated her 112th birthday last month at her retirement home in Hazel Crest. Lawler was not only the oldest person in Illinois when she died. She was also the 11th oldest in the U.S.
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