Jeanne Lara (née Juana Marcos Pujalte) was a Spanish-born French supercentenarian.
(Source: Les Grands Centenaires Français)
Jeanne Lara was born in Villena, Valencian Community, Spain, on 1 April 1906. At some point, she relocated to French Algeria, where she married in 1929 and had at least one son. In 1962, she moved to mainland France.
Jeanne Lara passed away in Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, on 16 October 2019, at the age of 113 years, 198 days.
At the time of her passing, she was the third-oldest living person in France, behind Lucile Randon and Jeanne Bot.
Lara’s age was validated by the ESO on 23 July 2023.
* Tableau de validation des supercentenaires français décédés – Les Grands Centenaires Français
* “Jeanne Lara : une très grande dame est partie” – Les Grands Centenaires Français, 11 December 2019
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