BIOGRAPHY

Roffler-Waldmeyer was born in Rothacker, located in the Swiss canton of Solothurn, on 14 April 1904 as the youngest of six children. She grew up in nearby Däniken. She was married and had a son, whom she outlived.

At the age of 98, Roffler-Waldmeyer knocked on the door of Muttenz nursing home director Beat Brunner, and informed him that she would “be back soon.” The following year, the wood had run out for her stove, and so she wanted to live in the nursing home. Coincidentally, a room had recently become available, and she subsequently moved in.

At the time of her 110th birthday, Roffler-Waldmeyer’s daughter-in-law, Helene Roffler, claimed that the exercise she undertook in her youth was the reason for her agility as a supercentenarian. Her hobbies included cycling, tending her vegetable garden, and maintaining her wood stove, which she used to heat her house.

Roffler-Waldmeyer died on 26 January 2015 at the age of 110 years, 287 days. She was survived by seven grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

RECOGNITION

Roffler-Waldmeyer became Switzerland’s oldest living person following the death of Hedwig Hosig-Huggler, 110, on 31 May 2014. Upon her own death, the title passed to Nina Hofer-Lustenberger (1904 – 2015).

Roffler-Waldmeyer’s age was verified by Flavio Stuber and Thomas Breining, and was validated by the ESO on 8 March 2020.

ATTRIBUTION

• 100 Jahre alt Chronik April 2004 (see “14.”), baselland.ch
• Alice Roffler-Waldmeier: Älteste Schweizerin 110-jährig Onlinereports, 13 April 2014
• Älteste Schweizerin ist eine Baselbieterin und feiert heute ihren 110. Geburtstag BZ Basel, 14 April 2014

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