Aime Wille

Aime Wille
Aime Wille on his 105th birthday.
Birth:	1 March 1909 Zaffelare, Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium
Death:	7 May 2015 Zaffelare, Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium
Age:	106 years, 67 days
Country:	BEL
Centenarian

Aime Camille Louis Wille [Aimé] (1 March 1909 – 7 May 2015) was a Belgian centenarian who was the oldest known man in Belgium at time of his death.

Biography

Aime Wille was born in Zaffelare, Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium on 1 March 1909. He came from a florist family. Due to family circumstances he was unable to continue studying and he also became a florist. He married in 1936 and became a widower after 58 years of marriage. He droved until the age of 93.

He became the oldest known living man in the Belgium following the death of 108-year-old Oscar Coulembier on 20 December 2014.

Aime Wille died in a nursing home in Zaffelare, Lochristi, East Flanders, Belgium on 7 May 2015 at the age of 106 years, 67 days. Following his death, then-105-year-old Jacques Clemens became the oldest known living man in Belgium.

References

• Oudste man van België (108) overleden VRT.be, 21 December 2014
• Aimé Wille (105) uit Zaffelare is officieel de oudste man van België Nieuwsblad.be, 21 December 2014
• Aimé Wille (106) oudste man van België overleden Nieuwsblad.be, 7 May 2015
• Laatste Lootse getuige van De Grote Oorlog? issuu, 24 March 2014

Belgium's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Julien Sterckx • Edmond Van Cauteren • Pieter Hinnisdaels • Clement de Vos • Polydoor Vandersypt • Eugene Naniot • Cesar Dassonville • Lievin Pelfrene • Francois Rygaert • Albert de Selliers de Moranville • Dictus Bomans • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Emiel Vanderhaegen • Petrus Van de Voorde • Jozef de Koker • Paul Henrard • Louis Marion • Georges Nevejans • Marcel Duguet • Jos de Kort • Jan Goossenaerts • Oscar Coulembier • Aime Wille • Jacques Clemens • Gustavus Leclercq • Maurice Stael • Sylvain Vallee • Jef Smets • Jaak Broekx • Albert Van Raemdonck • Benedictus Bellens• Alfons Leempoels• Jozef Kets