A former volunteer fire chief from New Jersey, United States, turned 110 last month, joining the few supercentenarian men in the world. Vincent Dransfield, of Little Falls, celebrated his birthday on March 28 and He became the eighth oldest living man.
Dransfield is one of the few men in the group of people over 110 years old and lived a healthy life all those years with only a little knee pain, according to the American media New York Post after an interview published in Today.
He lives alone, without domestic help or additional help, cook simple food, walk back and forth from his three-story house and drives his car every day without problems, he said.
But Dransfield, who was born in 1914, is no health fanatic. He smoked cigarettes for 20 years and He worked his entire life from the age of 15 to 70. He eats whatever he wants, including hamburgers, milk chocolate, and Italian food, has an occasional beer, drinks coffee every day, and is amused by people running around.
Dransfield, father of one son, grandfather of three and great-grandfather of seven, He attributes luck, milk, and doing what he loves to having a long and healthy life: “I’ve been very, very, very lucky in my life,” he said.
The New Jersey resident had to drop out of school before high school to help support his family. At age 15, he began working on a dairy farm and delivered milk for the next five years while he had his own unlimited supply. “I drank milk and ate well because I worked on a farm. And I often look back and think that they gave me a good start in life and for my bones,” Dransfield said.
Currently, he supplements cow’s milk with Ovaltine, a powder that adds flavor and vitamins. One of the main factors that kept him happy, alert and healthy was spending time doing what he loved: his long career as a volunteer firefighter. When asked what kept him going, he answered without hesitation, “the fire department…I met so many friends.”
Dransfield, who spent a career as an automotive parts manager, He spent 80 years at his local fire station, including a stint as fire chief. His fellow firefighters became his family, especially after his wife of 54 years died in 1992. “After my grandmother passed away, that was really what kept him going. Every day, he would go to the fire station in 3 to 5, and all the old guys would sit there and hang out. That was like their family,” his granddaughter said.
The 110-year-old said volunteering at the engine company also helped him get exercise to respond to calls. Finally, great-grandfather said that Maintaining a positive mindset and sharing love helped him live more than a century: “Knowing and loving people makes me live longer,” Dransfield said.
