Irene Trask, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Senior Olympian, dies at 106

Almost 95 when she finally gave up square dancing, Irene Trask needed a new outlet for her energy.

But had somebody else not suggested it, shot putting and javelin-hurling most likely would not have been at the top of her list. Ranked for several years running as the oldest participant in the annual Tulsa Parks-sponsored Oklahoma Senior Olympic Games, the Bartlesville resident would go on to rack up some 40 gold medals by the time she was done. Irene Beulah Trask died Wednesday [2014 Apr 9] in Bartlesville. She was 106.