Vincent Dransfield , was thus reportedly adaptable that when he passed away at home in , Passaic County,  , three weeks after celebrating his 110th day, it came as a shock.
” It was very unpredicted”, said his daughter,  , Erica Lista.
Even among country’s several hundred supercentenarians, the expression for those 110 or older, Dransfield stood out as an aberration.
He lived alone at a home in , Little Falls, his house for 79 years, remained on the roster of the hearth firm where he served as flames key from 1958 to 1965 and continued to drive his Hyundai coupe on local activities, his granddaughter said.
He died , June 26 , at home, three weeks after an optimistic last attend with Lista in which he perused pictures of his great-grandson’s high school graduation. She claimed that because knee pain is one of the few things that actually slows him over, she brought him some ointment to treat his joints.
” Everything was the same. Everything was amiss”, Lista said Monday. ” He proceeded as he desired.” Being at house”.
Next week, there were dead services.
Dransfield’s friends from , Singac Volunteer Fire Co.  , No. 3 had hosted his 110th birthday bash on , March 16, 12 , weeks before his true birthday.
Upon his death, they fulfilled his last hope, transporting his tomb via an antique fireplace vehicle from the death home in , Little Falls , to the cemetery in , Totowa.
” He had helped restore it in the 1980s”, Lista said.
Dransfield’s woman of 54 times,  , Ann Dransfield, died in 1992,  , according to his article. Victims include his girl, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Dransfield was buried wearing his preferred cap, which read “oldest lively firefighter in the U.S. A. “, Lista said. It was a helmet he wore everyday, including his 110th birthday celebration at the fire in March.
A drink of Ovaltine was placed in the tomb, she said.
Dransfield had gently credited Ovaltine, the flavored butter drink, with his endurance, and the firm recently sent him a two years ‘ provide and , shared the video on TiTok.
” We have a ton of Ovaltine”, Lista said.
Dransfield never lived anywhere other than , Little Falls , and , Paterson, where he was born in a house on , Preakness Avenue , on , March 28, 1914.  , Woodrow Wilson , was president, the , U. S.  , was about to enter World War I, and , Yankee Stadium , had not yet been built.
He discussed his early years in an interview in March with , NJ Advance Media.
” I finished School 5.” The old School 5″, Dransfield said, refering to the building in , Paterson , down the street from where classes were relocated starting in 1939.
He left school when he was eighth grade.
Lista said he was delivering milk in his early 20s when his customers included legendary boxer , Joe Louis, who , trained in , Pompton Lakes , in the mid-1930s.
When World War II broke out, Dransfield was working as a manager at the Schmid company, which supplied condoms to , U. S.  , troops overseas. Because his position was viewed as one in the civil service, he informed his granddaughter that he was not drafted into the military.
He later worked as a manager at , Crane Motors , in , Little Falls , for 25 years, followed by several years at another job dealing with car parts, before retiring.
Dransfield got married in 1938, when he was 24, and his wife introduced him to , Little Falls. It was near a road when they moved into their home in 1945.
He was a longtime , New York Yankees , fan — ever since the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to , Los Angeles , in 1957, he explained. This year, opening day, for only the second time in his long life, coincided with his birthday.
Lista claimed that the family has n’t yet decided what to do with his car, which he used to swing by the neighborhood QuickCheck and ShopRite for coffee, newspapers, groceries, and conversation in the years prior to his passing.
It was perhaps the ultimate symbol of Dransfield’s astonishing run of good health.
She claimed that they are likely to keep it in the family.
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