Alicia Benet | |
Benet on her 108th birthday in 2019 | |
Birth: | 11 November 1911 Mayaguez, Puerto Rico |
Death: | 30 April 2020 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Age: | 108 years, 171 days |
Country: | PRI,USA |
Centenarian |
Alicia Teresa "Nani" Benet De Ramirez Bages (née Benet Y Espinosa; 11 November 1911 – 30 April 2020) was a Puerto Rican centenarian who one of the oldest known people in Puerto Rico when she died.
Biography[]
Alicia Benet was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on 11 November 1911. Her parents were Jose Benet Y Colon and Fidela Espinosa Matos. She had six siblings. She moved to New York City, New York State, USA in 1926.
She married Mariano Hector Ramirez Bages in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on 6 September 1933. The couple had at least three children: Alicia Lavergne (born c.1935), Marion Raffa (1938–2017) and Mariano Ramirez.
She moved to Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil in 1962. At the some point in life, she returned to Puerto Rico.
Benet died in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 30 April 2020 at the age of 108 years, 171 days. At time of her death, she had many grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
References[]
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios.net
- 104th birthday Facebook Post, 11 November 2015
- 105th birthday Facebook Post, 11 November 2016
- Marion L. Raffa Obituary Fitzgerald-Sommer, 17 May 2017
- 106 years Facebook Post, 13 July 2018
- Pre-107th Birthday Confirmation Facebook Post, 19 October 2018
- 107 years Facebook Post, 22 February 2019
- Pre-108th Birthday Confirmation Facebook Post, 28 October 2019
- Alicia Teresa Benet Espinosa Obituary Dignity Memorial, 30 April 2020
- Death mention Facebook Post, 30 April 2020
- Obituary Facebook Post, 2 May 2020