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'World's Oldest New England Patriots Fan,' Myrtle Milledge, Dies at Age 106

'World's Oldest New England Patriots Fan,' Myrtle Milledge Dies at Age 106

Myrtle Milledge, recently honored as the ‘World’s Oldest New England Patriots Fan’ passed away on February 15 at the age of 106. According to her obituary, she passed away “peacefully” at the Hospice House in Auburn, Maine.

Milledge was born on Dec. 26, 1915, and graduated from Mexico High School in 1934. Two years later, she married Frederick Milledge in 1936 with whom she had four children. Her youngest child, Frederick Jr, died while serving in the Vietnam War in 1968. Her husband passed away in 1970.