Oldest Ohioan had said dancing kept her going

Next in line is Florence Homan, also 112 and born 42 days after Smith.
JEFFERSON, Ohio (AP) -- A 112-year-old woman, who once attributed her longevity to dancing, has died at a nursing home.
Mary Margaret Smith was the oldest Ohioan, sixth-oldest American and 13th-oldest living person, according to the Validated Living Supercentenarian List, kept by the Gerontology Research Group in Los Angeles.
Smith died Tuesday at the Jefferson Health Care Center, administrator Lucille Hensley said. Hensley was not able to specify a cause of death.
She came to the nursing home four years ago after living with a daughter, now 86, for 13 years, Hensley said.
The next oldest Ohioan is Florence Homan, also 112 and born Nov. 18, 1893, 42 days after Smith, according to the Supercentenarian List. Homan lives at the Welsh Home in Rocky River in suburban Cleveland.
Biography
Born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 7, 1893, Smith outlived two husbands. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Margaret Metzler, who came to the Jefferson area in the northeast corner of Ohio in 1898.
The (Ashtabula) Star-Beacon, which profiled Smith several times, said as a young woman, she and her first husband won dance contests. Smith enjoyed sewing, cooking and caring for her home.
Smith is survived by a 99-year-old sister, Catherine Naughton; two daughters and a son; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday in the Harris Memorial Presbyterian Church in Ashtabula.