* Nina Rust; Adventurous Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, 111
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Nina Rust, 111, centenarian who took her first airplane trip at age 100 and her first motorcycle ride at 106. She had celebrated her 99th birthday with a ride on an elephant, before trying the modern forms of transportation. Mrs. Rust, who had lived in a nursing home for the past two years, had 12 children, 36 grandchildren, 86 great-grandchildren, 82 great-great-grandchildren, and five great-great-great-grandchildren. On Wednesday in Roseburg, Ore.
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