Marcelle Fatou

BIOGRAPHY

Marcelle Fatou was born in the commune of Villemeux-sur-Eure in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, on 27 March 1904.

On 14 April 1925, she married Emile Mari Fleury (1902–1967) in her birthplace. The couple had a daughter, Antoinette Claire Marie. Her first husband, a gendarme, often took her dancing in Paris. It was she who eventually asked for a divorce. On 4 August 1956, she married Louis François Joseph Fatou (1893–1970).

Over the years, she worked first as a nanny and later in a hardware store. After retiring, she returned to Villemeux, where she lived alone for 34 years following the death of her second husband in 1970. In 2004, at the age of 100, she chose to move into a nursing home.

When asked about the secret to her longevity, she laughed and said she had been “miraculous several times.” In her youth, she survived three days in a coma as well as a serious bus accident.

Marcelle Fatou passed away in the commune of Semur-en-Auxois in the Côte-d’Or department in eastern France, on 6 May 2014, at the age of 110 years, 40 days.

RECOGNITION

Her age was verified by the members of Les Grands Centenaires Français, and validated by the ESO on 31 July 2023.

ATTRIBUTION

* Marcelle Blanche Gabrielle MOISSON – geneanet

* “108 ans et doyenne du département” – L’Écho Républicain, 1 June 2012

* “A 109 ans, elle est la doyenne des Euréliens” – L’Écho Républicain, 9 April 2013

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