List of supercentenarians who died in 2008
This is a list of supercentenarians who died in 2008. The list includes people whose lifespans have been "verified" and "pending", also known as lifespans who have not had their age validated, by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). There are 73 such people whose lifespans have been "verified" by the GRG, of whom 65 are female and 8 are male.[1] There are 11 such people whose cases are considered "pending" by the GRG, all of whom are female.[2]
| Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Place of death | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Marques[1] | F | 11 February 1896 | 3 January 2008 | 111 years, 326 days | United States[a] | Yes |
| Mathilde Gratry[2] | F | 10 May 1896 | 10 January 2008 | 111 years, 245 days | France | Pending |
| Miyae Nishiyama[1] | F | 10 January 1896 | 16 January 2008 | 112 years, 6 days | Japan | Yes |
| Louis de Cazenave[1] | M | 16 October 1897 | 20 January 2008 | 110 years, 96 days | France | Yes |
| Suwa Kondou[1] | F | 15 November 1897 | 22 January 2008 | 110 years, 68 days | Japan | Yes |
| Gertrude Lewis[1] | F | 19 December 1897 | 30 January 2008 | 110 years, 42 days | United States | Yes |
| Ulis Badley[2] | F | 18 December 1896 | 30 January 2008 | 111 years, 43 days | Jamaica[b] | Pending |
| Haya Kurogi[1] | F | 10 January 1897 | 2 February 2008 | 111 years, 23 days | Japan | Yes |
| Kayo Miyazaki[1] | F | 17 September 1897 | 8 February 2008 | 110 years, 144 days | Japan | Yes |
| Eleanor Thatcher[1] | F | 19 September 1897 | 13 February 2008 | 110 years, 147 days | United Kingdom | Yes |
| Alta Moore[1] | F | 29 January 1898 | 14 February 2008 | 110 years, 16 days | United States | Yes |
| Harvey Hite[1] | M | 15 November 1897 | 16 February 2008 | 110 years, 93 days | United States | Yes |
| Tsuneyo Toyonaga[1] | F | 21 May 1894 | 22 February 2008 | 113 years, 277 days | Japan | Yes |
| Beatrice Ethel Darby[1] | F | 6 January 1898 | 25 February 2008 | 110 years, 50 days | United Kingdom | Yes |
| Kaya Kataoka[1] | F | 1 April 1897 | 27 February 2008 | 110 years, 332 days | Japan | Yes |
| Minnie Smith[1] | F | 5 January 1898 | 3 March 2008 | 110 years, 58 days | United Kingdom | Yes |
| Tatsuno Ioda[1] | F | 2 January 1897 | 4 March 2008 | 111 years, 62 days | Japan | Yes |
| Antonia Plaat-Kolenbrander[1] | F | 6 January 1898 | 9 March 2008 | 110 years, 63 days | Netherlands | Yes |
| Marcelle-Jeanne Colas[1] | F | 28 July 1897 | 11 March 2008 | 110 years, 227 days | France | Yes |
| Lazare Ponticelli[1] | M | 24 December 1897 | 12 March 2008 | 110 years, 79 days | France[c] | Yes |
| Ruth Emblow[1] | F | 6 February 1898 | 16 March 2008 | 110 years, 39 days | United States | Yes |
| Jessie Lemon[2] | F | 4 March 1898 | 17 March 2008 | 110 years, 13 days | United States | Pending |
| Blanche Chevrier[1] | F | 20 February 1898 | 20 March 2008 | 110 years, 29 days | United States | Yes |
| Arbella Ewing[1] | F | 13 March 1894 | 22 March 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | United States | Yes |
| Frieda Tessmer[1] | F | 5 August 1897 | 28 March 2008 | 110 years, 236 days | Germany | Yes |
| Charlessa Wiggins[1] | F | 9 February 1898 | 29 March 2008 | 110 years, 49 days | United States | Yes |
| Kaku Yamanaka[1] | F | 11 December 1894 | 5 April 2008 | 113 years, 116 days | Japan | Yes |
| Lucia Rangone[1] | F | 15 January 1898 | 5 April 2008 | 110 years, 81 days | Italy | Yes |
| Anna Monti[1] | F | 19 October 1897 | 6 April 2008 | 110 years, 170 days | Italy | Yes |
| Nellie Jones[1] | F | 30 January 1897 | 9 April 2008 | 111 years, 70 days | United States | Yes |
| Elizabeth Stefan[1] | F | 13 May 1895 | 9 April 2008 | 112 years, 332 days | United States[d] | Yes |
| Cora Gentry[1] | F | 14 April 1897 | 11 April 2008 | 110 years, 363 days | United States | Yes |
| Angela Sottili[1] | F | 21 February 1898 | 11 April 2008 | 110 years, 50 days | Italy | Yes |
| Marjorie MacGown[2] | F | 17 September 1897 | 11 April 2008 | 110 years, 207 days | United Kingdom | Pending |
| Helen Johnson[1] | F | 20 July 1896 | 17 April 2008 | 111 years, 272 days | United States[e] | Yes |
| Chrissie Martenstein[1] | F | 9 June 1897 | 18 April 2008 | 110 years, 314 days | United States | Yes |
| Hulda Carlsson[1] | F | 2 February 1898 | 22 April 2008 | 110 years, 80 days | Sweden | Yes |
| Mary Brown[1] | F | 5 September 1897 | 24 April 2008 | 110 years, 232 days | United Kingdom | Yes |
| Maria Campagna[1] | F | 1 August 1897 | 2 May 2008 | 110 years, 275 days | Italy | Yes |
| Maria-Lucia Ugual-Pistrelli[1] | F | 3 April 1898 | 3 May 2008 | 110 years, 30 days | Italy | Yes |
| Astrid Zachrison[1] | F | 15 May 1895 | 15 May 2008 | 113 years, 0 days | Sweden | Yes |
| Franziska Maier[1] | F | 23 April 1898 | 20 May 2008 | 110 years, 27 days | Germany[f] | Yes |
| Daniel Guzmán-García[1] | M | 6 February 1897 | 21 May 2008 | 111 years, 105 days | Colombia | Yes |
| Clémentine Solignac[1] | F | 7 September 1894 | 25 May 2008 | 113 years, 261 days | France | Yes |
| Willemina Everdina Hol[1] | F | 3 February 1898 | 5 June 2008 | 110 years, 123 days | Netherlands | Yes |
| Hermina Dunz[1] | F | 24 February 1898 | 14 June 2008 | 110 years, 111 days | Austria[g] | Yes |
| Bessie Roffey[1] | F | 2 March 1897 | 17 June 2008 | 111 years, 107 days | Canada[h] | Yes |
| Lina von Veh[1] | F | 17 February 1898 | 19 June 2008 | 110 years, 123 days | Germany[i] | Yes |
| Sue Morino[1] | F | 18 March 1898 | 20 June 2008 | 110 years, 94 days | Japan | Yes |
| Stella Cooley[1] | F | 6 November 1897 | 23 June 2008 | 110 years, 230 days | United States | Yes |
| Julia Fournier-Cuadros[1] | F | 9 November 1897 | 30 June 2008 | 110 years, 234 days | Spain | Yes |
| Beulah Elchert[2] | F | 22 July 1897 | 1 July 2008 | 110 years, 345 days | United States | Pending |
| Antonia Pampaluna[1] | F | 15 February 1898 | 4 July 2008 | 110 years, 140 days | Italy | Yes |
| Denise Fetrot[1] | F | 27 January 1898 | 15 July 2008 | 110 years, 170 days | France | Yes |
| Masatake Kinoshita[1] | M | 20 August 1897 | 17 July 2008 | 110 years, 332 days | Japan | Yes |
| Delpha Johnson[1] | F | 21 May 1898 | 22 July 2008 | 110 years, 62 days | United States | Yes |
| Roberta Brittain[2] | F | 31 May 1896 | 10 August 2008 | 112 years, 71 days | United States | Pending |
| Mary Sloan[1] | F | 11 June 1898 | 12 August 2008 | 110 years, 62 days | Canada | Yes |
| Kiku Nishimura[1] | F | 2 May 1897 | 22 August 2008 | 111 years, 112 days | Japan | Yes |
| Willie Gray Watkins[2] | F | 17 May 1898 | 28 August 2008 | 110 years, 103 days | United States | Pending |
| Cecelia Ruppert[1] | F | 17 August 1898 | 31 August 2008 | 110 years, 14 days | United States | Yes |
| Walter Seward[1] | M | 13 October 1896 | 14 September 2008 | 111 years, 337 days | United States | Yes |
| Alexina Calvert[1] | F | 13 August 1898 | 19 September 2008 | 110 years, 37 days | United Kingdom | Yes |
| Nellie Florence[2] | F | 30 March 1898 | 23 September 2008 | 110 years, 177 days | United States | Pending |
| Fernande Revel[1] | F | 2 September 1898 | 12 October 2008 | 110 years, 40 days | France | Yes |
| Claudia Ketcham[1] | F | 1 December 1897 | 20 October 2008 | 110 years, 324 days | United States | Yes |
| Delfino Borroni[1] | M | 23 August 1898 | 26 October 2008 | 110 years, 64 days | Italy | Yes |
| Mary Acierni[1] | F | 14 February 1898 | 2 November 2008 | 110 years, 262 days | United States[j] | Yes |
| Maria-Elisa Moro[1] | F | 11 February 1897 | 2 November 2008 | 111 years, 265 days | Italy | Yes |
| Emma Joisten[1] | F | 21 June 1898 | 8 November 2008 | 110 years, 140 days | Germany | Yes |
| Ruth Stamps[2] | F | 22 May 1896 | 8 November 2008 | 112 years, 170 days | United States | Pending |
| Dolors Subirana-Compte[1] | F | 18 July 1897 | 9 November 2008 | 111 years, 114 days | Spain | Yes |
| Viola Koch[1] | F | 24 May 1897 | 11 November 2008 | 111 years, 171 days | United States | Yes |
| Lula Lykins[1] | F | 3 February 1898 | 16 November 2008 | 110 years, 287 days | United States | Yes |
| Tsuru Tokashiki[1] | F | 24 June 1897 | 16 November 2008 | 111 years, 145 days | Japan | Yes |
| Abeline Spiehs[1] | F | 4 September 1898 | 24 November 2008 | 110 years, 81 days | United States | Yes |
| Edna Parker[1] | F | 20 April 1893 | 26 November 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | United States | Yes |
| Susie Alston[1] | F | 6 July 1898 | 28 November 2008 | 110 years, 145 days | United States | Yes |
| Ludwika Kosztyła[2] | F | 3 August 1897 | 1 December 2008 | 111 years, 120 days | Poland[k] | Pending |
| Catherine Hagel[1] | F | 28 November 1894 | 6 December 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | United States | Yes |
| Betty Rutherford[1] | F | 4 May 1898 | 11 December 2008 | 110 years, 221 days | United States | Yes |
| Amanda Jones[2] | F | 16 December 1897 | 18 December 2008 | 111 years, 2 days | United States | Pending |
| Mary Higley[1] | F | 10 August 1898 | 25 December 2008 | 110 years, 137 days | United States | Yes |
| George Francis[1] | M | 6 June 1896 | 27 December 2008 | 112 years, 204 days | United States | Yes |
a^ Marques is a native of Portugal.
b^ Badley was born in Jamaica, which was at the time of her birth a British colony, later becoming independent in 1962.
c^ Ponticelli is a native of Italy.
d^ Stefan is a native of Siebenbürgen, which had then been a part of Hungary; it is now located in Romania.
e^ Johnson is a native of Germany.
f^ Maier is a native of Bohemia, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is now located in the Czech Republic.
g^ Dunz is a native of Zagreb, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is now located in Croatia.
h^ Roffey is a native of the United Kingdom.
i^ von Veh was a native of the Russian Empire; it is now Russia.
j^ Acierni is a native of Italy.
k^ Kosztyła was born in Brzozów, which was then part of Austria-Hungary; it is now located in Poland.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 "Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order)". Gerontology Research Group.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.