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But Shoemaker said, in her century of life, she’s never experienced anything like the isolation necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. “There’s nothing like COVID. … It’s very unusual and difficult,” Shoemaker said. “There were some similar things with this and the polio scare but not to this extent.” Shoemaker, who is mother to two daughters and has three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, is described by her family as being “extremely” social. It’s a fact that ...

MUNCIE, Ind. — More than most, Anna Shoemaker, 101, has adapted to changes brought on by national turmoil. Growing up on a farm, the Dunkirk native survived the Dust Bowl and dozens of other widespread natural disasters. She lived through the Great Depression and witnessed the escalation of World War II, a conflict that would take the life of one of her brothers. In an echo of her present circumstances, she recalls the dread brought on by seasonal polio outbreaks, which shuttered movie the...

MUNCIE, Ind. — More than most, Anna Shoemaker, 101, has adapted to changes brought on by national turmoil. Growing up on a farm, the Dunkirk native survived the Dust Bowl and dozens of other widespread natural disasters. She lived through the Great Depression and witnessed the escalation of World War II, a conflict that would take the life of one of her brothers. In an echo of her present circumstances, she recalls the dread brought on by seasonal polio outbreaks, which shuttered movie the...