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LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Amelia Florence “Flo” Fuss of South Australia, Australia. She was born in Bald Hills, South Australia, Australia on 5 January 1889, and passed away in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia on 7 April 1999 at the age of 110. Mrs. Fuss was the ninth of ten children of English Parents.

As a young woman.

She married her husband Leslie Fuss in 1911 and had 5 children (four daughters and a son). They worked on a farm until her husband’s pneumonia forced them to move to Adelaide. In 1964, her husband passed away.

On her 100^th birthday, her daughters requested her birth certificate so she could receive a letter from Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her becoming a centenarian. However, they found out that she was three days younger – her birth was registered as occurring on January 5, instead of January 2 as they believed. She was survived by four daughters, 11 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Fuss’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Mrs. Fuss’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is glad to announce the age validation of Launa Mitchell at 110 years old. She is the second-oldest living supercentenarian in New Jersey after Susan Keane.

Mrs. Mitchell was born on 23 May 1913 in New Jersey. She was among the 8.8% of students who would finish 12^th grade in 1932. Five years later, she married John Douglas Mitchell in 1937. Her husband left to serve in World War II, and she entered the workforce and kept working even after Mr. Mitchell’s return from the war.

Mitchell on her 110th birthday (Source: The Lakewood Scoop)

Starting from 1940, Mrs. Mitchell was employed as a saleswoman at Silver’s 5¢ to 1$ store. Consecutively, she was also an office clerk at Tepper’s Department Store in South Plainfield. She also became a bank teller and later an assistant treasurer at the Plainfield Saving and Loan Association. The couple moved to Venture, California but decided to return and settle in Lakewood, New Jersey.

Mrs. Mitchell is currently active while staying in a nursing home at the age of 110 years old.

For more information, please view Launa Mitchell’s Directory Profile here.

Longeviquest is glad to announce the validation of Berta Gutierrez’s age claim of 110 years old. She is an American supercentenarian who is among the top 10 oldest residents of the state of California.

Gutierrez was born in El Paso, Texas, on 22 February 1913 while her parents are originally from Mexico. At some point in her life, she decided to move and be a resident of Hayward, California where she is still currently staying at.

On her 110th birthday in 2023.
(Source: Facebook/Mark Salinas)

Researchers knew about her when she was reported by a major news outlet after celebrating becoming a supercentenarian this year.

For more information, please view Berta Gutierrez’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is delighted to share that the age claim of Louise Godejohann at 110 years old is valid. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on 31 December 1849. At the time of her death, she was considered the world’s oldest living woman.

She married William Godejohann in 1871 and they had four children which they took care of together. Two years later, they moved to Olney, Illinois where her husband became a successful manufacturer of cigars.

On her 108th birthday.
(Source: Gerontology Wiki)

She received a congratulatory letter for her 100^th birthday from President Harry S. Truman in 1950.

Godejohann passed away in the Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, Illinois, USA, on 30 June 1960.

For more information, please view Louise Godejohann’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to confirm the age validation of Emma Isbell at 110 years old. She was an American supercentenarian born on Bennett farm near Lebanon in Madison County, New York, USA, on 26 October 1859.

She claimed to be born in 1860 but research conducted by Jimmy Lindberg stated that she was actually born in 1859. LongeviQuest validated the claim and at the time of her passing, she was the oldest (known and validated) living person in the United States.

In October 1959, aged 100.
(Source: Syracuse Post Standard)

She spent her life teaching and spending time with children in rural schools and at Eaton Village School. Emma stated that staying with kids is the reason for her longevity.

After retirement, she became a librarian until 1920. Then she lived with her mother and sister right after in a farm in the Cherry Valley.

Isbell never married nor had children. She passed away in Morrisville County, New York, USA, on 12 December 1969.

For more information, please view Emma Isbell’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is glad to report the addition of Sylvia Corfield to our ever-growing directory of supercentenarians. She was an English supercentenarian born on 21 November 1912 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. The European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO) has validated the age of Sylvia at 110 years.

Her parents Thomas and Mary Aston had three children and she is the eldest after her younger brother and sister. Their family ran the village grocery store and bakery at that time.

She worked as a typist in Birmingham Pre-World War II and as the war emerged, she worked for British Motor Company that supplied the tanks for the forces.

Undated, with her husband.
(Source: Rochdale Online)

She married Douglas Corfield on 20 September 1947 and the couple had no child together. The two of them lived in Birmingham but later moved to Rochdale. After her husband passed away in 2008, she lived by herself until 2019.

She later moved to Highfield House Care in Heywood, Greater Manchester, England, in January 2020 where she lived until her own death on 18 December 2022. LongeviQuest extends their congratulations to the family of Mrs. Corfield on this posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Sylvia Corfield’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Irene Cinquegrani of Pennsylvania, United States.

On her 110th birthday in 2021.
(Source: Gerontology Wiki)

She was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States on 4 February 1911, and passed away in Scranton on 16 February 2021 at the age of 110 years old. She was born to Italian parents and had four siblings.

Ms. Cinquegrani attended St. Francis Cabrini Elementary School, Scranton High School, and Lackawanna Business School. She then worked for Community Chest and then as a bookkeeper at Northeastern National Bank. She retired after 38 years of service.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Cinquegrani’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Mrs. Cinquegrani’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Elsie Emma Harrington of New York, United States. She was born in Schenectady, New York, United States on 4 February 1911, and passed away in Schenectady on 14 March 2021 at the age of 110 years old. She was the third of five children of German parents.

In August 2018, aged 107.
(Source: Twitter/@JRCJMU)

Mrs. Harrington was a graduate of Schenectady High School. In 1934, she married her husband Myron Vincent Harrington, and had three sons.

Upon her death, she was survived by her three sons, 9 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Harrington’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Mrs. Harringtons’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Lois Boston at 110 years old, after recently celebrating her 110th birthday. This makes her the oldest living person in Oklahoma, United States.

She was born as Lois Inez Wallin in Oklahoma on 10 May 1913 where she is the ninth of 11 children of her parents, Benjamin and Mary Lou Wallin.

Lois married Charlie Boston on Christmas Eve 1936 and the couple shared almost 70 years of marriage. Together, they had three daughters, and their family grew over time to include five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Lois Boston celebrating her 110th Birthday (source: https://longevi.quest/42LJl7J)

Mrs. Boston presently lives in Guymon, Oklahoma. Her 110th birthday was commemorated by Guymon Mayor Kim Peterson, who proclaimed the week of 7-13 May 2023 as “Lois Boston Week.”

For more information, please view Mrs. Boston’s Directory Profile here.

It is with a heavy heart that LongeviQuest has confirmed the death of Mrs. Laurina Farnetani Galvani on 17 May 2023 in São Paulo City, Brazil at 110 years old. Though only validated as a supercentenarian by LongeviQuest yesterday, Mrs. Galvani had long been known in Brazil as a respected humanitarian.

Lina Galvani Institute’s announcement about her passing. (Source: https://www.facebook.com/linagalvani)

The official Facebook page of Lina Galvani Institute, an organization inspired to her life that caters community development, posted the news of her passing.

At the time of her death, she was survived by 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. LongeviQuest offers our condolences to her family and loved ones.

To learn more about her life, please visit her Directory Profile here.