Maude Farris-Luse

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Maude Farris-Luse
Born	January 21, 1887(1887-01-21) Morley, Michigan, United States
Died	March 18, 2002 aged, &0000000000000115.000000115 years, &0000000000000056.00000056 days Coldwater, Michigan, United States

Maud(e) Davis Farris-Luse (January 21, 1887 – March 18, 2002) was an American supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from June 2001 until her own death at age 115. She was succeeded in title by Japanese woman Kamato Hongo.

She was born in Michigan, but moved to Steuben County, Indiana in 1891. She was 16 years old when, with her mother's permission, she married Jason Ferris, who worked in the livery stable of a hotel, in 1903. That was also the year she first saw an automobile.

She and her husband, who later changed the spelling of his name to "Farris" though not all of their children did, moved to Coldwater in 1925, where the last of their seven children was born. After his death in 1951, she married Walter Luse. While her given name was "Maude", in her later years she chose to use the spelling "Maud".

Maud outlived six of her seven children.