Chiyono Hasegawa, 1896-2011

Chiyono Hasegawa has sadly passed away on 2 December 2011.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/02/2528068/japans-oldest-person-dies-at-age.html

Avice Clarke, 111

Avice Clarke (born 17 May 1900 - 17 January, 2012) was an American supercentenarian who, at the time of her death, was the 41st oldest person in the world. Born in England, she moved to Gilory, California in 1920. She married George Ramos, who worked in a cannery. They divorced in 1948, and she never re-married. After that, she spent several decades working in both California and England. She is the

Avice Clarke, seated with her son.

oldest of 5 children. She was born in an industrial town near Liverpool and left school at age 12 to work in a cotton mill. At 16, in the thick of World War I, she and her co-workers stood silently in their factory while German zeppelins floated overhead, only to drop their bombs in a nearby canal by mistake. She was added onto GRG's Table E on 10th September, 2011. She lived in North California at the time of her death. Has one son, Norman Ramos, aged 88. She lived with him until an year ago. When she was 99, she wanted to go to England again. Longevity runs in her family. One of her siblings lived to age 99, another to 89 – and her mother, Della Mae Cummings, lived to almost 102. Her son, Norman Ramos, is 88 and still living.

EDIT: Avice Clarke sadly passed away on 17th January, 2012.

http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary-print.aspx?n=Avice-Clarke&lc=7042&pid=155558717&mid=4966462

Elizabeth Gauthier, 110

Elizabeth Gauthier (born 5 June 1901 - 10 February 2012) was an American supercentenarian. She was born in South Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America and presently resides in the town of Northbridge is Massachusetts. She celebrated her 110th birthday at her parish church, St. Peter’s in Northbridge, by going to Mass, which reflected the importance of faith in her daily life. The Mass drew about 200 relatives and friends from Canada and the United States, said Edgar Gauthier, her 78-year-old son and only child. Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus and several priests were there, too. During the June 5 Mass, when Bishop McManus gave her an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict XVI, Mrs. Gauthier said she wasn’t expecting that. The congregation sang “Happy Birthday,” and she waved to the crowd. At the time of her death, she was the 2nd oldest person living in Massachusetts, after Bernice Madigan and 3rd oldest living person born in Massachusetts, after Bernice Madigan and Amelia England.

Chiyono Hasegawa 115th Birthday

Chiyono Hasegawa (born 20 November 1896) has celebrated her 115th birthday in Saga Prefecture, Japan.

http://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/item/274262

Here is the translation: “The oldest woman in the nation turns 115

November 21, 2011, 00:15 Category: Social Kyushu > Saga

The nation’s oldest Chiyono Hasegawa (Kiyama-cho, Saga Prefecture), on November 20, celebrated her 115th birthday. Born 1896 (Meiji 29), Mrs Hasegawa was born in the same year as the poet Kenji Miyazawa, and according to records she is the second-oldest in the world since June.

The “Long-Term Care Health Facility” celebrated with Mrs Hasegawa "Aozora" (Kiyama-cho), according to the visiting room staff before 8:00 this morning, they wished her a "Happy Birthday" and smiled nodding. Recently, she suffered a slight decline in physical strength, and had to take a room in a facility in mid-September, "with many in Japan wishing her well,”and it seemed fine.

= W = 2011/11/21 WEST morning newspaper” - 

And her birthday being featured on Japanese Television: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dg_aydqa1c&noredirect=1

Top 10 Average

As of 19th November 2011

1. Besse Cooper (26 August 1896) 115 years, 85 days
2. Chiyono Hasegawa (20 November 1896) 114 years, 364 days
3. Dina Manfredini (4 April 1897) 114 years, 229 days
4. Jiroemon Kimura (19 April 1897) 114 years, 214 days
5. Delma Kollar (31 October 1897) 114 years, 19 days
6. Leila Denmark (1 February 1898) 113 years, 291 days
7. Misawo Okawa (5 March 1898) 113 years, 259 days
8. Kame Nakamura (8 March 1898) 113 years, 256 days
9. Marcelle Narbonne (25 March 1898) 113 years, 239 days
10. Marie-Therese Bardet (2 June 1898) 113 years, 170 days


Average: 114.169 years.