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Amparo Cora de Santiago
Amparo Cora de Santiago
Birth: 23 September 1903
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Death: 2 January 2016
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Age: 112 years, 101 days
Country: Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
Validated

Amparo Cora de Santiago (23 September 1903 – 2 January 2016) was a Puerto Rican supercentenarian whose age is validated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Puerto Rico.

Biography[]

Amparo Cora de Santiago was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico on 23 September 1903.

In 1934, she married Miguel Angel Santiago.

In September 2013, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.

She became the oldest known living person in Puerto Rico, following the death of 112-year-old Maria Rivera Cruz on 6 February 2015.

Amparo Cora de Santiago died in Carolina, Puerto Rico on 2 January 2016 at the age of 112 years, 101 days.

References[]


Puerto Rico's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Jose del Carmen Matos SantiagoPetronila Ramos GonzalesPedro Zorrilla CaballeroMaria Echeandia CumpianoEmilia Hernandez de RamosRamona Trinidad Iglesias-JordanEmiliano Mercado del ToroFrancisco Haddock NavarroMatilde Monclova LebronUrbana SantiagoMaria Rivera CruzAmparo Cora de SantiagoSecundina Rivera CumbaEmilio Flores MarquezJuan EscribanoRosa Castrodad MelendezBienvenido Diaz GuilfuAna Luisa Garcia

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