“Oh, it is comedian that that is always tuut here,” says Germaine Spriet when the beep in her hearing aids drown out our questions. Her ears are not doing so well after 104 years, and her legs are assisted by the walker. But there is no age on pride. And the memories of Diksmuuides oldest resident, they are as sweet as the nickel (sweets) that lies here and there in her room. “One day with once, that’s how I got old.”
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Germaine (104) shines as the fierest resident of the retirement home: “They know me here as the ‘Spekkenmadame'”
Bytaketonews
Aug 13, 2025