Connecticut Woman Celebrates 110th Birthday

Emily Tremonti of Fairfield became a supercentarian Saturday.

A Connecticut woman is celebrating a big milestone - her 110th birthday.

There weren't quite that many candles on Emily Tremonti's cake Saturday at the elder residence where she lives in Fairfield. There were nieces and nephews she has indulged during her long life.

Her great, great-niece, Mary-Kate Mele, said her Aunt "Em," didn't have children but she has three nieces, six great-nephews and nieces, seven great, great-nieces and three great, great, great nephews and nieces.

Tremonti grew up with four sisters in Mount Vernon, New York. One also lived to 100. Their parents were Italian immigrants and Tremonti cherishes that heritage.

Mele said Tremonti, a "special and inspiring woman," later lived in Bronxville, New York. She worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and married Joseph Tremonti, a Con Edison executive, in 1933.

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