2022 Archives

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Ei Nakano at 110 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person in Wakayama Prefecture at the time of her death.

Ei Nakano was born on 25 March 1912 in Kishigawa (now part of Kinokawa), Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

She never got married nor had any children. In light of this, she ran a tobacco and general retail store until she was 80 years old.

Ei Nakano In May 2021, aged 109.
(Source: Kinokawa City)

Nakano also pursued her passion of composing songs that show the emotions of joy, gratitude, and the everyday moments of her life. She started this lifelong hobby when she was in her youth. In July 2021, Nakano published a 48-paged songbook she titled “Nameless Flowers” through the publishing company of her nephew.

Ei Nakano passed away on 9 June 2022 in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. She was 110 years and 76 days old at the time of her death.

For more information, please visit Ei Nakano’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Toku Isaka at 111 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian known as the oldest living person in Mie Prefecture at the time of her death.

Toku Isaka was born on 26 September 1911 in the village of Nishikurobe (now part of Matsusaka City), Mie Prefecture, Japan. She was the youngest of four children in a family of fishmongers.

She had a passion for learning that started in her childhood. This made her consistently earn the title of honor student all throughout elementary school years. In relation to this, she aspired to be a teacher and so she graduated from the old prefectural women’s normal school in Kameyama City. Toku Isaka began her teaching career when she was only 19 years old.

On her wedding day i 1935. Isaka is seated on the left, her husband is standing in the back.
(Source: yomotto.jp)

She got married at the age of 24 but unfortunately, her husband passed away when he went off to war. After this, she dedicated herself to educating first-grade students for 35 years. Right after this, she also served as the kindergarten director for a decade and a college instructor for a year. After retirement, Toku continued serving her community by volunteering as a “grandma teacher” in a childcare facility.

When she was 89 years old, Toku Isaka organized a “Children’s Art Exhibition” to showcase more than 6,000 children’s paintings in her home.

Toku Isaka passed away on 2 November 2022 in Yamazoe-cho, Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She died of natural causes at her home when she was 111 years and 37 days old.

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

LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Chiyono Kamono at 110 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person in Iwate Prefecture at the time of her death.

Chiyono Kamono was born on 4 September 1911 in Sakaricho (now part of Ōfunato), Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Chiyono relocated to Tokyo and found employment at a beer factory in the 1912-1926 Taishō era. She got married at some point in her 20s but sadly, her husband passed away in Burma (now called Myanmar) during the Pacific War. Chiyono also endured the Tokyo Air Raids at that time while shielding her son from sparks that showered them. After the war, she returned to her hometown in Ōfunato and started farming as a means of provision for her family.

In September 2016, aged 105.
(Source: Asahi Shinbun)

Kamono moved into a nursing home in 2008 wherein she experienced the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. Fortunately, she managed to avoid the tsunami by seeking refuge on the third floor of the nursing home. She described this event as something worse than war.

Chiyono Kamono passed away on 24 January 2022 in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, at 3:49 PM. She was 110 years and 142 days old at the time of her death.

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

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Barbara Barton of the United States at age 113. She was born in Barrington, Rhode Island, United States on 12 October 1908. Barton was the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Rhode Island at the time of her death. She also held both all-time state records (birth and residency/death) since 2020. She was a wife and a mother to 4 children.

At the age of 6.
(Source: The 110 Club)

Barton was a Girl Scout when she was young and even once met the First Lady of the United States. She graduated from Barrington High School in 1926 at the age of 17. Barton studied textile design, graduating in 1928, and later worked as a fabric designer. She used to teach Sunday school at Warren Methodist Church. Barton lived independently until she was 102 years old. She fell and broke her arm when she was 104 years old, and she had to move into a care home, Hattie Ide Chaffee Home in Providence, Rhode Island.

At the age of 113, Barton was believed to be the fourth-oldest living person in the country, with only three validated supercentenarians older than her (Bessie Hendricks, Edie Ceccarelli, and Hazel Plummer).

Barton died in Providence, Rhode Island, USA on 12 August 2022, at the age of 113 years, 304 days. She was survived by all four of her children, with the eldest of them, Prudence Bishop, being 90 years old at the time. At the time of death, she had 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 7 great-great-grandchildren.

LongeviQuest congratulates Barbara Barton’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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

It is with great delight for LongeviQuest to share the age validation of Maynie Earline Andrews at 111 years old. She was an American supercentenarian known as the second oldest living person in Texas at the time of her death.

Maynie Earline Andrews was born on 28 October 1910 in Marion County, Texas, USA.

In 1928, she graduated from high school in Vivian, Louisiana. Three years later, she received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State Normal College which is currently known as Northwestern State University. After this, she attained her Master of Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas. She started her first job in Arkansas as a teacher to kickstart her career.

As a young woman.
(Source: KLTV)

Maynie Earline Andrews concluded her teaching career at a school in Tyler, Texas, in 1974. The next year, she married the school superintendent Gunby Houston Andrews.

She was also a traveler since 1932 after she had a solo train trip going to New Orleans. A year later after this, she went to the World’s Fair in Chicago alone. Andrews aimed to visit every state in the union which is 48 at that time. She would eventually achieve this goal of her after some time. During her 80s, she visited China, Greece, and Istanbul, respectively.

Maynie Earline Andrews passed away on 16 March 2022 in North Richland Hills, Texas, USA. At the time of her death, she was the second oldest living person in Texas at 111 years and 139 days.

For more information, please visit Maynie Earline Andrews’ Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Helen Butler of the United States at age 110. She was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States on 14 September 1912. She was a sister to 7 siblings, a wife, and a mother to a son.

Butler graduated from Atlantic City High School. Subsequently, in 1933, she graduated from the Atlantic City Hospital School of Nursing. Throughout her career, she held positions at several healthcare facilities and engaged in private-duty nursing. Her final role was at the Hebrew Home in Atlantic City.

At the age of 105, holding a picture from her wedding day in 1939.
(Source: Royal Suites Healthcare and Rehabilitation)

Butler lived independently for 102 years until her health declined. She drove and shopped until she was 99 when a broken hip made it difficult for her to get around. She enjoyed knitting, reading, traveling, and playing pinochle at the Egg Harbor Township Senior Center.

Butler passed away at Royal Suites Health Care in Galloway, New Jersey, USA, on 4 October 2022, at the age of 110 years, 20 days. At the time of death, she was the second-oldest known living person in the U.S. state of New Jersey, behind Genevieve Pilot.

LongeviQuest congratulates Helen Butler’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Olga De Souza Caldas of Brazil at age 110. She was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose validation by the Latin American Supercentenarians (LAS) was on pending status since 2021. Her age was validated by LongeviQuest on 3 September 2023.

Olga de Souza Caldas was born in Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 24 September 1911. In her 30s, she got married and moved to the city of São Gonçalo. She had three children. Until she got older, she would regularly attend church in São Gonçalo. As of 2019, only one of her children was still living; Maurício Antonio Caldas, aged 75.

In October 2021, aged 110.
(Source: Facebook/Leo Peres)

Olga de Souza Caldas passed away in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 14 March 2022, at the age of 110 years, 171 days.

LongeviQuest congratulates Olga De Souza Caldas’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Olga De Souza Caldas’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Japanese supercentenarian Hiro Fujisaku at age 111.

Hiro Fujisaku was born in Japan on 6 May 1911.

Regardless of being over 100 years old, she still worked hard in the fields while being committed to tending to her home garden. When asked about the secret of her longevity, she talked about eating plain food with a vegetable and fish-based diet.

In September 2011, aged 100, being visited by the Mayor.
(Source: Ibaraki Shimbun)

On 4 September 2011, the mayor of Hitachinaka City visited Hiro Fujisaku at her home to celebrate her longevity.

Hiro Fujisaku passed away on 30 November 2022 in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. She was 111 years old at the time of her death.

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

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Annie Wilson of the United States at age 112. She was born in Union County, North Carolina, United States on 20 April 1910. She was the ninth of ten siblings. Wilson grew up on a farm and attended a Fairview one-room schoolhouse Matthews until fourth grade. When the schools consolidated, she transferred to Matthews High School, which served grades 1-11.

Wilson graduated in 1928 and started working at the Southern Bell Telephone Co. in Charlotte. At 19, she married her husband and the couple had two children. Wilson’s husband lost his job during the Great Depression, so they moved in with her parents. They lived on the farm until her husband found a new job making women’s hosiery. Wilson was a housewife for most of her life, but she started working as a sales clerk in a department store once her children were old enough for school. She worked there for 10 years, then worked for an insurance company and a chemical plant before retiring at the age of 65.

On her 112th birthday in 2022.
(Source: WSOC TV)

Wilson lived in Mecklenburg County her entire life. She lived on her own until she had a minor stroke in her 90s, after which she decided to move into a retirement community. At the age of 112, she resided at the Brookdale Carriage Club in Charlotte.

She passed away in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, on 17 August 2022, at the age of 112 years, 119 days. She was survived by her two children, 3 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. At the time of death, she was the oldest living person in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

LongeviQuest congratulates Annie Wilson’s family on her posthumous recognition.

For more information, please view Wilson’s directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Henrietta Dobin of the United States at age 111. She was born in Newark, New Jersey, United States on 17 August 1911. She was a daughter of Jewish immigrants from Russian-annexed Poland who moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was 5 years old.

(Source: News 12 Long Island)

Dobin got married at 18 and together would have a son and a daughter. The couple were frequent travelers, having visited many countries, including Iran, China, Japan, and Israel. Dobin was also an avid golfer and painter who volunteered at the Nassau County Museum of Art for many years. She continued to volunteer until she was 108 when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

A large celebration was held at Dobin’s care home to commemorate her 110th birthday in 2021. She stated, “I lived a life – a good life – I did what I wanted, I traveled all over the world, I’ve made very good friends.” At the time, she spent much of her time painting, watching Jeopardy! on TV, and playing games such as bingo and bridge with other residents. She later moved to the Nautilus Hotel in Atlantic Beach, where she was known as “Queenie” or “The Queen” because of her elegant dress sense.

Henrietta Dobin died in Atlantic Beach, New York, USA on 1 September 2022, at the age of 111 years, 15 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known living person in New York, behind Hattie Hill.

LongeviQuest congratulates Henrietta Dobin’s family on her posthumous recognition.

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