lit a candle 1d ago107 years old. I genuinely don't know what to say to that, just saw it in Newsday and sat with it a minute.
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Santina "Sally" Abaldo was a longtime resident of Huntington, New York, who was remembered in local reporting as a homemaker and a fixture of her community on Long Island. She died on September 1, 2026, at the age of 107, after a long life that spanned more than a century…
Santina "Sally" Abaldo was a longtime resident of Huntington, New York, who was remembered in local reporting as a homemaker and a fixture of her community on Long Island. She died on September 1, 2026, at the age of 107, after a long life that spanned more than a century of American history.
Little has been published about Abaldo's early life, including her exact date and place of birth, her family background, or her education. What is documented is that she made her home in Huntington, a town on New York's Long Island, for many years, and that she was known locally simply as a homemaker rather than for any public career, business, or civic office. Reaching the age of 107 placed her among a very small number of people who live beyond a century, a milestone that is exceptionally rare even among the elderly.
Abaldo's death was first reported through a funeral notice from M. A. Connell Funeral Home, Inc. of Huntington Station, New York, which has served families in the Huntington, Greenlawn and Cold Spring Harbor area, and the news was carried locally under a headline describing her as a longtime Huntington resident and homemaker who died at 107. No cause of death has been made public, and no detailed biography has yet been released by her family.
Why her passing drew attention is straightforward: living to 107 is itself a rare and notable achievement, and local obituary pages and funeral home notices in her community marked the occasion, prompting the kind of local news coverage that greets the death of someone who quietly outlived almost everyone she grew up with. Readers searching for her are largely neighbors, distant relatives, and those simply curious about a person who lived through more than a century of change on Long Island.
As of this writing, comprehensive details about Abaldo's family, marriage, children, and personal history have not been published in reputable sources. This page will be updated as more verified information, including any formal obituary, family tributes, or funeral and memorial arrangements, becomes available.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Newsday.
Same, that's a whole century plus some.