BIOGRAPHY

Bernice Marina Emerson was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA on 24 July 1899, the daughter of Harry and Grace Bennett Emerson. In 1918, she moved to Washington, D.C. She married Paul H. Madigan in Washington, D.C. on 10 September 1925. The couple had no children. Bernice and her husband later moved to Maryland. She was widowed in 1976 and returned to Massachusetts in 2007. Madigan died in Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA on 3 January 2015 at the age of 115 years, and 163 days.

RECOGNITION

Mrs. Madigan was validated by the Gerontology Research Group.  She remains the only supercentenarian from Massachusetts to reach the age of 115.

ATTRIBUTION

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