2021 Archives

LongeviQuest is delighted to share the age validation of Margaret Cundy at 110 years old. She was an American supercentenarian known as the second-oldest living person in Iowa, USA, at the time of her death.

Margaret Cundy was born on 16 July 1911 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA.
On 2 November 1949, she was married to John E. Cundy (1914-1976) and the couple had no children during their marriage. She worked as a District Traffic Chief Clerk at Northwestern Bell Telephone Company in Waterloo from 1930 to 1975.

At the age of 110.
(Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

Margaret Cundy passed away on 29 October 2021 in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA. At the time of her death, she was 110 years old and the second-oldest person in the region after Hazel Young.

For more information, please view Margaret Cundy’s Directory Profile here.

It is with great delight for LongeviQuest to announce the age validation of Revah Stokes at 110 years old. She was an American supercentenarian recognized as one of the oldest living residents of Kansas at the time of her death.

She was born as Revah Leon Hafer on 26 July 1911 (claimed to be 23 July 1911) in Alliance, Nebraska, USA. Revah had at least four siblings younger than her. Her family moved from place to place as her father would buy stores to renovate and then sell them for a living. In 1919, she went under a medical operation on a dining room table to remove her appendix.

On her 108th birthday.
(Source: Salina Journal)

Revah married Glenn L. Stokes (1913-1974) in West Plains, Missouri, on 4 January 1931. The couple then had three children together. She worked as a switchboard operator at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Missouri for a span of 20 years.

In 1985, Stokes moved to Salina, Kansas, and lived and stayed there until she passed away on 12 November 2021 at the age of 110 years old.

For more information, please view Revah Stokes’ Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Nina Robinson at 111 years old. She was an American supercentenarian known as the fourth-oldest living person in Texas, USA.

Nina Robinson was born on 11 November 1910 in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas, USA. She and her five younger siblings resided in Wise County most of their lives, so they have fostered an enduring bond with each other.

On 7 November 1934, Nina married Cecil Claude Robinson (1907-1996) in Love County, Oklahoma. The couple’s path crossed when Nina’s sister and Claude’s brother got married. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson had four children comprised of three daughters and a son. The family relocated to Fresno, California, but immediately returned to Texas after only a year.

On her 110th birthday.
(Source: Wise County Messenger)

Following her marriage, she dedicated herself to homemaking, farm work, and taking care of children with special needs at the Denton State School.

Nina Robinson passed away on 27 December 2021 in Decatur, Texas, USA. At the time of her death, she was 111 years and 46 days old. She was survived by her two daughters, seven grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, five step-great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great-grandchildren.

For more information, please view Nina Robinson’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Helen Self at 111 years old. She was an American supercentenarian acknowledged as the oldest person to live in Montana, USA, at the time of her death.

Helen Self was born on 14 August 1909 (claimed 17 August) in Hamilton, Montana, USA. She was the youngest out of nine children and throughout the 1918 flu pandemic, she would visit neighbors to run errands with her brother.

On 28 November 1928, Helen married Bernard George Reeseman and had two children. Unfortunately, the couple had to divorce on 1 January 1946.

In May 1946, she was remarried to someone named Thomas Edison Mongar and were married for 23 years. Sadly, Thomas died due to an airplane accident while working for Montana Power Company.

On 20 May 1972, she married her third and last husband, Kenneth Ray Self. The couple traveled to Arizona, Florida, and Alaska, over the span of 20 years of staying together.

On her 109th birthday.
(Source: ABC News)

Upon celebrating her 110^th birthday in August 2019, Helen became the first person to reach the age of 110 in Montana in nearly 13 years. At age 111, she became the oldest known person ever to be born in Montana. She was also the oldest living person in Montana at the time of her death.

Helen Self passed away on 29 July 2021 in Missoula, Montana, USA, at the age of 111 years and 349 days.

For more information, please view Helen Self’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Sakae Fujii of Japan at age 111. She was born in Japan on 30 March 1910.

By the time she became a centenarian, she had moved into a nursing home. In September 2010, she was visited by the Mayor of Masuda for being 100 years old.

In September 2015, aged 105.
(Source: Masuda City)

Fujii passed away in Hikimi-cho, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on 15 June 2021, at the age of 111 years, 77 days. In September 2018, she was reported as the oldest living person in Shimane Prefecture. Upon her death, 110-year-old Fumi Fujiwara became the oldest living person in the Prefecture.

LongeviQuest congratulates Sakae Fujii’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Jessie Massing of the United States at age 110. She was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada on 3 October 1910. She had 3 brothers. Massing was also a wife and a mother to 2 sons.

In 1946.
(Source: WIVB)

At the age of 107, Massing moved into an assisted living facility. She celebrated her 110th birthday at Tennyson Court Assisted Living and Memory Care in Williamsville. Although she had difficulty hearing, her sense of humor was still strong.

Massing passed away in Amherst, Erie County, New York, USA, on 24 July 2021, at the age of 110 years, 294 days. She was survived by her son Clifford, 3 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Jessie Massing’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Anna Ribeiro Sicupira at 111 years old. She was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose validation by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS) was on pending status since 2020. Her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 17 August 2023.

Anna Ribeiro Sicupira was born on 6 May 1909 (claimed to be 7 May) in Palmeira, Paraná, Brazil.

As a young woman.
(Source: G1 Paraná)

When she 18 years old, Anna married Barcímio Baptista Lins Sicupira and the couple had three children together.

Anna Ribeiro Sicupira passed away on 11 February 2021 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. She died of natural causes at the age of 111 years and 281 days.

For more information, please view Anna Ribeiro Sicupira’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Konami Watanabe at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian considered as the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture at the time of her death.

Konami Watanabe was born in Japan on 3 September 1910.

In June 2021, it was reported that she received her COVID-19 vaccine shot. In September of the same year, Konami Watanabe celebrated her 111^th birthday.

On her 109th birthday.
(Source: takufukai-group.or.jp)

She became the oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture after 111 years old Chiyo Jikihara passed away around 1 March 2021.

Konami Watanabe passed away on 5 November 2021 in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. She was 111 years and 63 days at the time of her death. As such, Kashiku Nakamura of Kurashiki City became the new oldest living person in Okayama Prefecture.

For more information, please view Konami Watanabe’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Vesta Toller at 110 years old. She was an American supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person from Arizona, USA.

She was born as Vesta Mozel Blackerby on 30 December 1910 in Wheeler, Texas, USA. When Vesta was a little child, her family moved to Branson, Colorado, where her father was a doctor who tends to various injuries of miners usually work in the Four Corners area.

Vesta Toller graduated from Raton High School and earned her teaching degree from the Colorado Teachers College in Greeley. She taught various subjects in junior high school for several years.

On her 109th birthday.
(Photo credit: Arizona Daily Star)

In 1937, she married her husband Charles Toller and had three children with him. The family then lived in Raton, New Mexico, where Mr. Toller served as mayor for some time. On the other hand, she was pretty much involved as a bookkeeper for Toller Pontiac and Miners Colfax Hospital. She also actively volunteered at her church for much of her life.

When she was 98 years old, she moved to Colorado to live with her sister. After this, she moved again to Tucson, Arizona, to live with her son Robert Ernest Toller. Her son passed away in 2018, and so Vesta moved into Waverly House.

Vesta Toller passed away on 9 March 2021 in Tucson, Arizona, USA, when she was 110 years and 69 days old.

For more information, please view Vesta Toller’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of William Andrew James at 110 years old. He was an American supercentenarian considered as the oldest man ever from the state of Vermont, USA.

William Andrew Jones was born on 5 July 1911 in Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, USA. He was the second son of his parents who got divorced later when he was a young child. Because of his parents’ separation, William Andrew moved into his grandfather and step grandmother from his mother’s side.

He grew up on a small farm in West Lincoln where he would help by working around the two cos and two horses on the farm. In 1927, electricity was installed on their farm which ignited James’ interest to pursue a career in the electrical field. He started learning by assisting a local electrician. In 1936, he started working as a part-time employee for Central Vermont Public Service which is now Green Mountain Power. Four years later, he became a full-time employee as a first-class line worker. In 1955, James became the Bristol Area district representative, a position he held until he retired in 1974.

At the age of 107.
(Source: WCAX)

Sometime in 1945, James met Mable Jeanette Lucia whom he married on that New Year’s Eve in Burlington. The two of them got three daughters while also adopting Mable’s son from her first marriage.

William Andrew James passed away on 24 October 2021 in Bristol, Vermont, USA. At the time of his death, he was 110 years old and was survived was his four children, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

For more information, please view William Andrew James’ Directory Profile here.