Bets is 111 years old and still lives independently: ‘She still prepares her own meals’

Missing a birthday because of the snow is annoying, but especially when it comes to your 111-year-old mother, possibly the oldest woman in the Netherlands. Bets Smaal celebrated this milestone without a son, who could not reach Capelle aan den IJssel. With the help of a cousin it turned out to be a party. “It was quite emotional.”

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