 His paternal and maternal grandparents lived into their 90s and his siblings lived to ages 78, 85, 91, and 100.His only surviving family at the time of his death were 1 niece and 3 nephews (all in their 80s), plus great-nieces and great-nephews.In 1910, aged 14, Breuning dropped out of school and began scraping bakery pans for $2.50 weekly.