List of supercentenarians who died in 2015

This is a list of supercentenarians who died in 2015. The list includes people whose lifespans have been verified and those (pending) who have not had their age fully validated, by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). There are 17 people whose lifespans have been verified by the GRG, all of whom are female.[1] There are 14 people whose cases are pending by the GRG, all of whom are female.[2]

Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death Verified
Bernice Madigan[3] F 24 July 1899 3 January 2015 115 years, 163 days United States Yes
Margherita Venzo-Rossi[4] F 21 February 1903 8 January 2015 111 years, 321 days Italy Yes
Rosa Pesce-Patrono[5] F 12 September 1902 9 January 2015 112 years, 119 days Italy Yes
Colombe Benoît-Leclerc[6] F 5 February 1903 14 January 2015 111 years, 343 days Canada Yes
Ethel Lang[7] F 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 114 years, 233 days United Kingdom Yes
Alma Rayward[2][8] F 3 October 1903 15 January 2015 111 years, 104 days United Kingdom Pending
Sue Hirano[9] F 20 March 1903 25 January 2015 111 years, 311 days Japan Yes
Katherine Coughlin[2][10] F 21 December 1903 30 January 2015 111 years, 40 days United States Pending
Marie Jensen[11] F 5 June 1904 30 January 2015 110 years, 239 days Denmark Pending
Rosa Beckner[12] F 11 November 1903 7 February 2015 111 years, 88 days United States Pending
Ora Holland[13] F 24 December 1900 11 February 2015 114 years, 49 days United States Yes
Maria Lazzeri[14] F 15 March 1904 13 February 2015 110 years, 335 days United Kingdom[a] Pending
Sugino Tamai[15] F 9 March 1902 14 February 2015 112 years, 342 days Japan Yes
Ada Cooper Miller[16] F 12 December 1903 16 February 2015 111 years, 66 days United States[b] Pending
Johanna Klink[17] F 17 January 1903 20 February 2015 112 years, 34 days Germany[c] Yes
Arrelia High[18] F 2 July 1903 22 February 2015 111 years, 235 days United States Pending
Hikari Kataoka F 6 September 1903 27 February 2015 111 years, 174 days Japan Pending
Bertha Harris[19] F 3 January 1902 3 March 2015 113 years, 59 days United States Yes
Kitsuyo Yamamoto[20] F 12 March 1902 9 March 2015 112 years, 362 days Japan Yes
Mayree Dougherty[21] F 31 March 1903 9 March 2015 111 years, 343 days United States Yes
Annie Meston[22] F 12 November 1903 22 March 2015 111 years, 130 days United Kingdom Pending
Renee Rousselot[23] F 27 May 1904 26 March 2015 110 years, 303 days France Pending
Bonita Zigrang[24] F 15 July 1904 31 March 2015 110 years, 259 days United States Pending
Misao Okawa[25] F 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days Japan Yes
Alba Bertoni[26] F 19 June 1904 1 April 2015 110 years, 286 days Italy Pending
Marie Liguinen-Brudieux[27] F 26 March 1901 2 April 2015 114 years, 7 days France Pending
Gertrude Weaver[28] F 4 July 1898 6 April 2015 116 years, 276 days United States Yes
Orma Slack[29] F 19 February 1903 13 April 2015 112 years, 53 days Canada Yes
Juliette Trimaille[30] F 21 August 1903 17 April 2015 111 years, 239 days France Yes
Maria Barbieri[31] F 27 July 1904 17 April 2015 110 years, 264 days Italy Pending
Yoneno Kouno[32] F 7 August 1902 24 April 2015 112 years, 260 days Japan Yes

a^ Lazzeri was born in Italy.
b^ Cooper Miller was born in the United Kingdom.
c^ Klink was born in Siemianowitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Siemianowice Śląskie in Poland.

References

  1. ↑ "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.
  3. ↑ Bernice Madigan, State's Oldest Citizen, Dies at 115
  4. ↑ Ciao Margherita!
  5. ↑ Morta “nonna” Rosina: aveva 112 anni
  6. ↑ Colombe Benoît Leclerc
  7. ↑ Britain's oldest person Ethel Lang dies aged 114
  8. ↑ Recent deaths aged 107+
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ Katherine Aureila Coughlin
  11. ↑ Denmark's oldest woman dies at 110
  12. ↑ Rosa Jamison Bryant Beckner
  13. ↑ Ora Elizabeth Holland
  14. ↑ Recent deaths aged 107+
  15. ↑
  16. ↑ ADA COOPER MILLER, THE GRAND LADY OF HUDSON, PASSES AWAY AT 111
  17. ↑ Mit 112 friedlich eingeschlafen - Älteste Deutsche gestorben
  18. ↑ Arrelia High
  19. ↑ Harris, Bertha
  20. ↑
  21. ↑ MAYREE DOUGHERTY
  22. ↑ Recent deaths aged 107+
  23. ↑ http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/meurthe-et-moselle/2015/03/27/la-doyenne-des-lorrains-s-est-eteinte-a-110-ans
  24. ↑ Bonita Ailene Zigrang
  25. ↑ World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies in Japan
  26. ↑ Addio alla nonna del Friuli: a 110 anni si è spenta Alba
  27. ↑ Olympe Amaury, 113 ans, redevient la doyenne des Français
  28. ↑ World's oldest person, Arkansan Gertrude Weaver, dies
  29. ↑ Obituary for Orma Slack
  30. ↑ BESANÇON : JULIETTE TRIMAILLE N’A PAS ATTENDU SA 112E ANNÉE
  31. ↑
  32. ↑