Supercentenarian Profile

Esther Victoria Lecaro

Born:

1899-12-23

Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province

Ecuador

Died:

2011-10-18

Chino, California

United States

Esther Victoria Lecaro (née Torres) was an Ecuadorian-born American supercentenarian.

BIOGRAPHY

Esther Victoria Lecaro was born in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador, on 23 December 1899. In 1926, she married Francisco Lecaro Sanchez, and together they had four children. She was widowed on 2 June 1947.

In 1965, she moved to the United States with her son, Hector Lecaro, and they settled in Los Angeles. In the years that followed, they lived in Ecuador for a period before returning to the United States in 1979, where they made their home in Montebello. In 2003, they relocated to Chino. She was a homemaker and a devoted Christian Evangelist.

Esther Victoria Lecaro passed away in Chino, California, USA, on 18 October 2011, at the age of 111 years, 300 days. She was survived by three of her children, 14 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren.