BIOGRAPHY

Carmen Navarra Castro was born in Victoria, La Araucanía Region, Chile, on 23 July 1910. She moved to Chillán at the age of 9, where she later worked as a nurse at the San Juan de Dios Hospital and at the Herminda Martín Hospital, respectively. She had five children.

At the age of 110, she had 19 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren. At the time, she was still very lucid, but almost completely deaf.

Carmen Navarra Castro died in Chillán, Ñuble Region, Chile on 14 January 2022 at the age of 111 years, 175 days.

RECOGNITION

Her age was verified by Stefan Maglov, and validated by the LAS on 6 May 2021.

ATTRIBUTION

GALLERY