Sentence:  "Una vieja y sus re- cuerdos" is the <WSD>acronical</WSD> story of a woman reputedly 139 years of age when she related her life's work as partera (midwife), cocinera principal (head cook), and llavera (keeper of the keys) as well as duena (supervisor) of various shops at San Gabriel mission in the first half of the nineteenth century. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Occurring at the end of life.