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Ada Avila

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Ada Avila
Ada Avila
Avila on her 110th birthday in 2020
Birth: 14 January 1910
Portoviejo, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Death: 11 June 2023
Deltona, Florida, USA
Age: 113 years, 148 days
Country: EcuadorECUUnited StatesUSA
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Ada Felicita Avila (née Loor Zambrano; 14 January 1910 – 11 June 2023) was an Ecuadorian-American supercentenarian who was the oldest known living Ecuadorian-born person, and the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Florida at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Ada Avila was born as Ada Felicita Loor Zambrano in Portoviejo, Manabi Province, Ecuador on 14 January 1910. While in Ecuador, she ran a school.

Avila emigrated to the United States in 1955, settling in New York. After arriving, she took sewing classes because she couldn't be a teacher anymore as she didn't know English.

Avila had eight children, 12 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. Her eldest son Manuel was born in either 1931 or 1932. She later moved to Deltona, Florida, where she resided for the rest of her life.

In February 2021, at the age of 111, Avila received the COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest known people to be vaccinated against the disease.

Avila died in Deltona, Florida, USA on 11 June 2023, at the age of 113 years, 148 days.

Recognition

Avila became the oldest known living person in Florida after Maude Harris died, likely on 3 May 2021. She later became the oldest known living Ecuadorian-born person after the death of 113-year-old Dolores Velez Bravo on 12 October 2021.

Avila's age was verified by Verdi Avila, Robert Young, and Waclaw Jan Kroczek, and validated by the GRG on 27 February 2023.

At the time of her death, Avila was the fourth-oldest validated living person in the United States (after Edie Ceccarelli, Elizabeth Francis, and Pearl Berg), and the second-oldest validated living emigrant in the world (after Maria Branyas Morera). She is also the third-oldest validated Ecuadorian-born person ever (after Maria Capovilla and Dolores Velez Bravo).

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