BIOGRAPHY

Marie-Louise Pellet was born in the commune of Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on 7 March 1914. She was the youngest of six children. She grew up on a family farm.

Pellet worked as a teacher and went to Morocco in 1938 to teach at a French school in Rabat. A year later, when World War II began, she had to return to France where she became a private tutor for the children of the Count of Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux. In 1948, following her marriage to Joseph Pellet, she moved to Saint-Symphorien-d’Ozon. Her husband was the owner of a sawmill where she later managed accounts for many years. Together with her husband, she had four children—two sons and two daughters.

In 2017, Pellet lived in a nursing home in Saint-Symphorien-d’Ozon, near Lyon. Despite being 107 years old, she could still walk without a cane, play Scrabble with her family, and take part in club games. According to her children, her secret to longevity is “healthy eating, maintaining social connections… and good genes.” On her 110th birthday, she had 7 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.

RECOGNITION

Her age has not been validated by LongeviQuest.

ATTRIBUTION

* “À 107 ans, la Saône-et-Loirienne Marie-Louise marche sans canne” – Le JSL, 11 March 2021

* “Marie-Louise Pellet, notre doyenne” – Saint-Symphorien-d’Ozon, April 2021

* “À 108 ans, la doyenne du Rhône est née en Saône-et-Loire” – Le JSL, 19 January 2023

* “…pour rendre visite à Marie-Louise Pellet, doyenne du Rhône qui fête aujourd’hui ses 110 ans” – Facebook (Département du Rhône), 7 March 2024

* “C’est la doyenne d’Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes : elle a fêté ses 111 ans dans l’Est lyonnais” – Le Progrès, 10 March 2025

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