Al Blaschke recently broke the record (again) for being the oldest person to skydive, he bowls and he sings.
Ever since he retired, Alfred Blaschke admits he’s been feeling jumpy. After more than 40 years doing work he loved, he was determined to make the next phase of his life as fulfilling., he bowls and he sings. His life has always been full, and he has no intention of giving up the happiness that’s sustained him for so long. As he says, “it isn’t fun getting old. You have to make fun.
But the thing is skydivers are beholden to the weather, and the forecast wasn't looking good for Jan. 4, 2017. But the night before, Blaschke got a call that the jump would go ahead as planned. “It was a little bit chillier than it should have been,” he recalls, “but they knew I wasn’t going to jump at all .”By the time Blaschke's feet hit the ground, he’d already planned his next one.
“People all the time say, ‘What helped you get to 107?’ I don’t know. I’m just doing what I did all year, all my life, and things just went good for me. And I enjoyed a very good life, and that’s the way it is,” says Blaschke. “I could live it again without making any changes, I really could.”Blaschke was born on Jan. 4, 1917, in Janesville, Wisconsin. In 1924, his family moved to Milwaukee. He recalls a big house with three bedrooms on each floor for him, his six siblings and parents.
“A tool and die maker was recognized as a top trade all over the country,” which bolstered his sense of pride in a job he loved, Blaschke explains.While making sales along the east coast, he met Eleanor — Ellie to Blaschke. They had one son. “I like to sing,” Blaschke reveals. “I sing a lot, play music on the TV and do a lot of singing. And I’m a lover of the stage.”
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