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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.

It is with great delight to announce the age validation of Kitty Harvey. She was an American supercentenarian born on 12 January 1860 in Elizabethtown, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Her age was validated to be 112 years old and that makes her the oldest person in the world at the time of her death.

She married William L. Harvey in Minneapolis, Ottawa County, Kansas in 1879 just after a year when she moved to the area. The couple had a son who later became a prominent physician in Minneapolis.

The family move again to Oklahoma in the 1880s where her husband served as clerk of the court. William died of Malaria on 5 September 1900 at 53 years old, so Kitty and her son returned to Minneapolis to live with her mother.

On her 101st birthday in 1961.
(Source: The Salina Journal)

Harvey passed away in Minneapolis, Kansas, USA on 10 July 1972, when she was already 112 years and 180 days old.

LongeviQuest validated her age claim on 23 May 2023 through the appreciated efforts of Jimmy Lindberg and Nick Eriksson.

For more information, please view Kitty Harvey’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 saddened to report that Nina Willis, the world’s 7th oldest person, has died at the age of 114.

This is a developing story. More information will be added later.

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.

Longeviquest is pleased to confirm that Mary Harris recently celebrated her birthday on the 13th of May 2023 at the age of 112 years old and is now the oldest living person in the U.S. State of Tennessee. She was born in Ithaca, New York, USA on 13 May 1911. Mrs. Harris was born premature, and the doctor said that she was too little and would not live. However, she defied the odds and has lived a long and full life.

She married James Richard Harris in 1937 and they had two daughters. The couple ran a dry-cleaning business and dairy farm in New York and Harris worked as the bookkeeper both times. At the age of 77, Mrs. Harris began painting and has since become a talented artist and has had her work displayed in several exhibitions. In 2003, her husband died at the age of 90. Her family continued to grow and today she has five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

On her 110th birthday, holding a letter signed by Pope Francis.
(Source: WRCBtv)

On her 110th birthday, Harris received a letter from Pope Francis. The Pope congratulated Harris on her long life and praised her for her dedication to her family and community. Harris was deeply touched by the Pope’s letter and said that it was the highlight of her birthday.

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

LongeviQuest has validated the reported age of Lillian Wilson at 110 years old. LongeviQuest research indicates that upon her death on 4 November 2020, she was the second-oldest living person in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

Lillian Wilson (110 Years Old)

She was born on 28 November 1909 in North Dakota to Canadian-American parents, the only daughter among her parents’ three children. The family had a farm in Tatum Township of Ward County, North Dakota, USA where Lillian was born. The family then moved to Aneta after Lillian’s father passed away during the 1918 flu pandemic, but they eventually returned to Ward County in 1925 when Lillian was in her sophomore year of high school.

She had quite an impressive educational background as she acquired a teaching certificate, a degree in History and Social Science, and a master’s degree in library science. Lillian Wilson never married nor had any children.

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

LongeviQuest has validated the age of Gelsomina Petrocelli at 111 years old. She was born as Gelsomina Nappi on 3 January 1911 to her Italian immigrant parents John Nappi and Annina Tannicelli. Her birthplace was Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Undated. (Source: Moloney Family Funeral Homes)

She moved to New York State in 1929 and four years later, she married Frank Petrocelli in 1933. She later passed away in this state on 23 May 2022 at the age of 111 years and 140 days making her a validated supercentenarian. LongeviQuest congratulates Mrs. Petrocelli’s family on her posthumous recognition and offers our condolences for her death last year.

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