Woman Who Was Oldest Person Born in Mexico Dies in Hospice at 114 Sue Manning - Associated Press
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Soledad Mejia (born August 13, 1899 in Sinaloa, Mexico) celebrated her 112th birthday with her family in San Diego. This video demonstrates her lasting vitality and love of music and family. (Rafael Loza)

LOS ANGELES — The oldest person born in Mexico, who also was California's oldest resident, has died in a hospice in Chula Vista, just 17 days after celebrating her 114th birthday.

Soledad Mexia died Friday at the Silverado Senior Living Hospice, said Dr. Stephen Coles of the Gerontology Research Group at the University of California Los Angeles.

Mexia was born in Mexico but moved to the United States when she was very young and become an American citizen, Coles said.

Her granddaughter, Rosalia Ferreira of San Diego, said Mexia loved to sleep. "She would go to bed at 9 or 10 and not wake until 12 or 1 the next day," Ferreira said. "Even when she was younger and alert, she always loved to sleep."

Mexia was a housewife most of her life, never working outside the home. She didn't follow any special diet.

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