<DIV =ArticleTextText>Kathryn Gemme, a lifelong Red Sox fan who followed the team since the days of Babe Ruth, has died at the age of 112.
Gemme was believed to be the oldest person in Massachusetts when she died Friday at the Nemasket Healthcare Center in Middleborough.
She attended her first game at Fenway Park at age 18 in 1912 shortly after the ballpark opened and her last game in May 2004, when she was greeted by catcher Jason Varitek and Johnny Pesky.
Gemme cheered for Ruth and other Red Sox players when they won the World Series in 1918. She waited 86 years for the next title to come in 2004.
Team officials brought the 2004 World Series trophy to her 111th birthday party last year.
The Chicopee native credited her long life and health to simple living.
She leaves a daughter, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Gemme was believed to be the oldest person in Massachusetts when she died Friday at the Nemasket Healthcare Center in Middleborough.
She attended her first game at Fenway Park at age 18 in 1912 shortly after the ballpark opened and her last game in May 2004, when she was greeted by catcher Jason Varitek and Johnny Pesky.
Gemme cheered for Ruth and other Red Sox players when they won the World Series in 1918. She waited 86 years for the next title to come in 2004.
Team officials brought the 2004 World Series trophy to her 111th birthday party last year.
The Chicopee native credited her long life and health to simple living.
She leaves a daughter, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.