SPRINGFIELD — A prostitution sweep by Springfield police nabbed half a dozen alleged hookers, including one woman who was alive when Harry Truman was president.

At the age of 67, Frances Stewart, a resident of the city's Forest Park neighborhood, was by far the oldest of six women charged with "sexual conduct for a fee" last week.

The Dec. 17 arrests were made along well-known streetwalker beats, including stretches of Main, Maple, School and Union streets in the city's Metro Center, Six Corners and South End neighborhoods.

Other Springfield residents charged with prostitution included:

58-year-old Vivian Lynn Akins, of 19 Avon Place.

33-year-old Billie Starlett Clark, of 182 Quincy St.

32-year-old Katrina Jefferson, of 156 Kensington Ave.

and 40-year-old Renee Funk, of 128 Mill St., who's been

The only out-of-towner caught in the sweep was 35-year-old Delilah Maldonado, of 11 Globe St., West Springfield.

The suspects propositioned undercover male officers over a three-hour period, a Springfield Police Department spokesman told CBS 3 Springfield, media partner of MassLive / The Republican.

All of the women were expected to be arraigned in Springfield District Court.