Carroll Schmitz
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Charlene Schmitz hands her husband Carroll Schmitz a map as he tries to recall his childhood street name on Sept. 2 in Burlingame. Schmitz has lived in the same house for 99 years and turned 105 Sept. 7.
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Near the Burlingame main library, on a tree-lined street and down a long driveway, there liv…
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