LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Alice Christina Schroeder Foelkel at 110 years of age. She was a Brazilian supercentenarian born on 21 May 1908 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
She was born to parents who were of German descent.
On her 110th birthday in 2018. (Source: Tribuna de Jundiaí)
Alice Christina Schroeder Foelkel passed away on 5 June 2018 in Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil. She was 110 years and 15 days old at the time of her death.
For more information, please view Alice Christina Schroeder Foelkel’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Mary Moles of Canada at age 110. She was born in Batteaux, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada on 15 July 1907. She was a sister to 5 siblings, a wife, and a mother to 2 children.
On her 109th birthday in 2016. (Source: Simcoe.com)
Mary obtained her teaching degree in 1927 and started her teaching career at a one-room schoolhouse in Tiverton, where she taught grades 1 to 8. However, she had to return to Clearview to help her parents during the Great Depression. She moved to other schools during this time. In 1941, she retired to raise her 2 daughters. But in 1952, she resumed her teaching profession, spending another 16 years teaching at two different schools before retiring in 1968 at the age of 61. She lived on her own until 1987 when she moved in with her daughter and son-in-law.
Moles passed away in Batteaux, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada, on 7 March 2018, at the age of 110 years, 235 days. She was survived by her two daughters, four grandchildren, and two great-grandsons.
LongeviQuest congratulates Mary Moles’s family on her posthumous recognition.
For more information, please view Moles’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Henry Taylor of the United States at age 110. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States on 28 September 1907. Taylor was a brother to 11 siblings. He was also a husband and a father to four children. He worked in the Circulation Department for the South Bend Tribune, retiring in 1969.
Henry Taylor’s 1926 high school graduation photo. (Source: South Bend Tribune)
On 17 February 2018, following the death of 110-year-old Herbert Engel, he became the oldest known living man in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Taylor passed away in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, on 15 April 2018, at the age of 110 years, 199 days. He was survived by three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
LongeviQuest congratulates Henry Taylor’s family on her posthumous recognition.
For more information, please view Mr. Taylor’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Fumiko Tsubaki of Japan. She was born in Japan on 1 January 1908.
On 19 April 2017, following the death of 109-year-old Hanako Sugimoto of Kurayoshi, she became the oldest living person in Tottori Prefecture.
Tsubaki passed away in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, Japan on 17 December 2018 at the age of 110. Upon her death, Toshiko Hayashibara became the oldest living person in Tottori Prefecture.
LongeviQuest congratulates Fumiko Tsubaki’s family on her posthumous recognition.
For more information, please view Tsubaki’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Ichi Hatta of Japan. She was born in At 97 years old, she was listed in the longevity ranking in Isahaya’s public relations paper.
On 22 February 2018, following the death of 111-year-old Kane Mori, she became the oldest living person in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Upon her death, Tsunahei Ogawa became the oldest person in Nagasaki Prefecture.
LongeviQuest congratulates Ichi Hatta’s family on her posthumous recognition.
For more information, please view Hatta’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Lucille Hamm of the United States at 110 years old. She was an American supercentenarian born on 30 January 1908 in Cairo, Illinois, USA.
Hamm started working when she was young girl by helping her mother sell buckets of hominy to the local hotels. She also worked in her brother’s mousetrap factory when she was a young woman. Hamm then moved to St. Louis upon reaching 20s where she worked for decades in the shoe industry of the city.
In 1947. (Source: LegacyTree)
At some point in her life, Hamm got married and had two children. However, she moved out with her kids after claiming that her husband was a “mean man” and an alcoholic.
Lucille Hamm retired upon reaching 72 years old and she kept driving until she was 92. She lived in her own apartment in the Tower Grove Manor retirement community. She stayed there for 15 years before moving into an assisted living facility in Chesterfield, St. Louis, in December 2015.
Lucille Hamm passed away on 20 August 2018 in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, when she was 110 years old.
For more information, please view Lucille Hamm’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Celma Birdsall of the United States at age 110. She was born in Hampton, Iowa, United States on 24 July 1908. She was one of eight children. After high school, she taught for 4 years in a rural school before working at Earl Ferris Nursery.
Shortly before her 109th birthday. (Source: Ottumwa Courier)
Mrs. Birdsall married on May 26, 1932, and moved to Ottumwa during WWII to open a tire store which eventually got ruined in the 1947 flood. In 1948, the couple moved to a farm outside Floris, Iowa, and had three children. In 1950, Birdsall became a postmaster in Floris and held that position until her retirement in 1978. After retirement, she traveled to many Postmaster conventions throughout the United States.
Birdsall passed away in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, on 17 August 2018, at the age of 110. She was survived by three children, 13 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren, and 48 great-great-grandchildren.
LongeviQuest congratulates Celma Birdsall’s family on her posthumous recognition.
For more information, please view Birdsall’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Harue Kunitomi at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian considered as the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture at the time of her death.
Harue Kunitomi was born on 12 February 1907 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
She moved to the city of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture after she got hired at a spinning company.
At some point in her life, she got married and had five children.
In February 2007, at the age of 100. (Source: Sanyo Shinbun)
When she was around 100 years old, she enjoyed watching TV shows, especially sumo wrestling.
Harue Kunitomi passed away on 15 August 2018 in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was 111 years old when she died and then Kano Ebara succeeded her as the oldest living person in the prefecture.
For more information, please view Harue Kunitomi’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Harue Nobira at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person in Hiroshima Prefecture before she passed away.
Harue Nobira on 28 March 1907 in Asakita Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She was the eldest of two children from a wealthy family. On snowy mornings, she was piggybacked when going to elementary school.
According to her daughter, because her mother was very well brought up during her childhood, Nobira had a slightly different sense of common sense. She was also a fashion lover even during her later years. Moreover, she was a “health geek” who is always eager about garlic egg yolks and homemade green juice. This made her highly conscious of her healthy longevity.
On her 111th birthday in 2018. (Source: Mainichi Shimbun)
She was bound to use a wheelchair after reaching 111 years old.
Harue Nobira passed away in the morning of 2 April 2018 in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She passed away just five days after celebrating her 111th birthday.
She became the prefecture’s oldest living person after Misao Takuwa passed away on 22 January 2018.
Upon her death, the record of being the prefecture’s oldest living person was passed on Toshimi Kikkawa.
For more information, please view Harue Nobira’s Directory Profile here.
LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Toshimi Kikkawa at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Hiroshima Prefecture at the time of her death.
Toshimi Kikkawa was born on 31 March 1907 in Japan.
She was reportedly living in a nursing home in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Toshimi Kikkawa became Hiroshima Prefecture’s oldest living person when Harue Nobira passed away on 2 April 2018.
Castle in Hiroshima
She passed away on 10 October 2018 in Takamiyacho Harada, Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She was 111 years old when she passed away.
Upon her death, Yoshikazu Yamashita became the oldest living person in the prefecture.
For more information, please view Toshimi Kikkawa’s Directory Profile here.
