Henriqueta Soares Marques (1911-2024)
The GRG is saddened to report the death of Henriqueta Soares Marques of Brazil. Her death was confirmed by her family via Instagram today. She passed away around 9.35pm on January 12th 2024. She was apparently in good health and…
Susana Gutierrez Godoy (1910-2024)
The GRG is saddened to report the death of Susana Gutierrez Godoy. Born May 24th 1910 in Mexico, Susana married twice. She married first at age 21 in 1932 but was widowed in 1933. She married again in 1939 at…
Yuko Sato (1910-2023)
The GRG is sad to report the death of Yuko Sato of Japan. Yuko was born in Omonogawa (now part of Yokote City, Akita prefecture, Japan, on September 29th 1910. She was the oldest living person known in her prefecture…
Tomiko Itooka, 115, of Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, confirmed as the new Doyenne of Japan
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is delighted to confirm that Mrs. Tomiko Itooka of Japan, born May 23, 1908, aged 115, has been confirmed as the new Doyenne of Japan by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Tomiko…
Helene Sandvig (1911-2023)
Helene Sandvig (2023-11-25 – 2023-12-05) of the USA passed away a matter of days after her 112th birthday on November 25th 2023. She was born and died in North Dakota, although she and her husband Earl traveled much around the…