Betty Reid Soskin, the Nation's Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger, who helped shape the creation of a park honoring the millions of workers in World War II defense jobs, among them women like her who persevered while facing racial discrimination, died on Sunday at her home in Richmond, Calif. She was 104. Her death was confirmed in a statement that her family posted on her social media account. In 1942, when women joined the war effort by work…

Betty Reid Soskin, once the nation’s oldest park ranger, has died at age 104

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‘Her cause of death was living’: East Bay park ranger Betty Reid Soskin dies at 104

The oldest U.S. park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, passed away on Sunday at 104 years old.

Betty Reid Soskin, East Bay historian and nation’s oldest park ranger, dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin, a pioneering historian and the oldest active U.S. park ranger until her retirement in 2022, died Sunday at her home in Richmond. She was 104. Soskin served more than 15 years as a ranger at the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, where she led tours and helped shape the park’s narrative by centering the experiences of Black women during World War II. “Being a primary source in the sh…

Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104

Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.

Betty Reid Soskin, the nation's oldest park ranger, dies at 104

Betty Reid Soskin worked for the National Park Service as a park ranger from the age of 85 and until her retirement at 100 in 2022.