BIOGRAPHY

Urbina Franchi was born in Río Chico, Miranda, Venezuela, on 31 October 1914, to parents Ricardo Antonio Urbina Rodriguez (born 1871) and Juana Franchi Guevara. She had eight older siblings: Adelina del Carmen (1899), Emma Teresa (1901), Carlos Ricardo (1905), Mercedes (1906), Lourdes (1909), Alcira (1910), Luis Ricardo (1911), and Berta Ofelia (1913).

On 20 February 1941, she married Francisco Pérez Rivas (born 1907) in Santa Rosalía Parish in Caracas. The couple had a daughter, Diana.

Urbina Franchi died on 1 May 2024 in Rio Chico, Miranda, Venezuela, at the age of 109.

RECOGNITION

Her age is currently under review by LongeviQuest.

ATTRIBUTION

* “Tiene 108 años y ahora se confirma que es la persona viva más longeva de Río Chico” – Facebook (Río Chico en el tiempo), 24 June 2023

GALLERY