Mike Wolanin | The Republic Sarah Pauline Stott poses for a photo at her home in Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.
Sarah Pauline Stott of Columbus died Saturday morning — the date that also marked her 100th birthday. One of her birthday wishes was to have her birthday in the newspaper, which The Republic featured on Saturday.
Tammy Herrin, one of Stott’s grandchildren, said that she “went to heaven” at 5:30 a.m. She told the Republic on Friday that her grandmother was in the hospital with bacterial pneumonia.
Stott was born in the Oaklandon district of Indianapolis on Jan. 7, 1923. She originally met her husband in the city. When his family moved to Columbus, so did she. She was in her 20’s at the time, said Herrin.
She told The Republic, prior to her death, that while she didn’t think she had a lot of time left, she expected to “enjoy every minute of it.”
