Centenarian: Anna Herman

ANNA HERMAN was born June 6, 1912, in Beaver Falls, Pa. Anna is the oldest -- and only survivor -- of nine children born to Agnes and Frank Matheis. One-year-old Anna and her mother traveled to Hungary and were later joined by Anna's father. At 15, Anna returned to America to maintain her American citizenship. She worked as a maid and learned English. In 1932, she met and married George Herman -- who was from her parents' hometown of Arad, Hungary -- at a Hungarian dance in Manhattan. In 1934 they had a daughter, Margaret. Anna was widowed in 1971. She has three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Anna has lived in Valley Stream since the 1950s.