Caroline M. Merrill, 110, of Ardmore, a retired nurse and daycare assistant and the oldest resident of Montgomery County and fourth-oldest Pennsylvanian, died Saturday, March 29, of age-associated issues at her home in Ardmore House.

Mrs. Merrill was featured in a 2024 Inquirer project called “Ask a Centenarian” when she was 109, a 2021 Main Line Times feature story when she was 106, and in other outlets on other 100-plus birthdays, according to her obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

She told The Inquirer in 2024 that the secret to a healthy long life was to “eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water. Do what the doctor says. Laugh as much as you can. Enjoy music and keep a song in your head. Stay in touch with family and friends. Enjoy each day God has blessed you.”

She graduated from Lower Merion High School in 1934 and worked for 20 years as a licensed practical nurse and later for 10 years as a daycare assistant at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church on Ardmore Avenue.

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