Dorothy Hoffner said she wasn’t much of an adventure-seeker for most of her life, but she encouraged everyone to try skydiving.
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The Guinness World Record for oldest skydiver was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden. Hoffner’s record has yet to be certified. The Chicago senior is set to turn 105 in December.But the record didn’t seem to interest Hoffner ahead of her attempt to break it.
The 104-year-old has spent her whole life in Chicago. She was raised in Garfield Park, where she lived for 50 years before moving to Jefferson Park. She has spent the last decade at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community. She raves about the facility’s three daily meals.
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