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Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger (19 November 1899 – 28 May 2010) was a Swiss supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Switzerland.
Biography
Adelheid Rieger was born on 19 November 1899 in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. She spent her childhood in Lampenberg, Basel-Landschaft. She married August Wehrle in 1922 and they had 4 children together. Adelheid worked with silk.
She became the oldest person in Switzerland upon the death of Rosa Rein on 14 February 2010.
Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger died on 28 May 2010 at the age of 110 years, 190 days in a retirement home in Basel. Her successor as Switzerland’s oldest person was Pierre Gremion (1902–2012).
References
- Älteste Baslerin feiert 109. Geburtstag Basler Zeitung, 19 November 2008
- Älteste Baslerin wird 110 Jahre alt 20 minuten, 19 November 2009
- Death mention
| Switzerland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Giustina Giardino-Bianco • Ada Duvoisin • Fritz Bosch • Bertha Bournoud-Bucher • Anita Canonica • Suzanne Monney-Perrin • Marie Huber-Christen • Maria Schaerer-Burckhardt • Andree Fehr-de Boulay • Cecile Ida Ritter • Emma Duvoisin • Hanna Schiess • Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede • Frieda Schopf • Sophie Hew-Schenker • Catherine Amoos • Jules Nidegger • Emma Soller-Kellenberger • Maria Siegrist-Stampfli • Suzanne Jaccard • Anna Ringier-Kieser • Rosa Rein • Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger • Pierre Gremion • Louise Mafli • Hedwig Hosig-Huggler • Alice Roffler-Waldmeier • Nina Hofer-Lustenberger • Lucrezia Furceri • Germaine Broyon • Helli Stehle • Frieda Binz-Schoch • Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker • Marie Guerne • Anna Furrer |