Marguerite Lecourt, a resident of the commune of Flers in the region of Normandy, France, celebrated her 111th birthday on 16 July. Actu.fr recently published a report about her, and the forum Les Grands Centenaires Français confirmed her birthday.
Marguerite Lecourt was born in Flers on 16 July 1914. During the Second World War, she and her husband, Jean Lecourt, who worked for the railways, lived between Serquigny (Eure) and Flers, which they traveled to by bicycle. Their first daughter, Monique, born in 1941, lived with Marguerite’s parents. Between 1946 and 1955, they welcomed four more children: Jean, Michel (who died at 18 months), Pierre, and Jocelyne.
While her children were young, she devoted herself to raising them. At the age of forty, she began working as a cleaner and cook at the youth center (now known as the youth workers’ center) in Flers, where she went every day. Her husband, Jean, who worked at Ferrodo after the war, passed away from cancer at the age of 57.
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Marguerite Lecourt on her 111th birthday.
