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Anne-Marie Papail

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Anne-Marie Papail
Anne-Marie Papail
Papail at the age of 109
Birth: 14 June 1909
Epiniac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany France
Death: 11 April 2021
La Boussac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France
Age: 111 years, 301 days
Country: FranceFRA
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Anne-Marie Papail (née Gautrais; 14 June 1909 – 11 April 2021) was a French supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2020.

Biography[]

Papail was born in Epiniac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, on 14 June 1909. At the age of 14, she worked as a waitress in the Higourdais inn in Epiniac. At the age of 32, she married a farmer from La Boussac. She owned a farm with her husband, who died about 20 years prior to her 110th birthday. They had 4 children. Since the age of 92, she lives with her daughter in La Boussac.

In April 2019, Papail was the subject of a "France 3" television report that presented her as the oldest living Breton person. Papail celebrated her 110th birthday in June 2019. On 16 June 2019, she was visited by the mayor of La Boussac, Odile Mabile. When asked about the secret of her longevity, she said: never excess, eat the farm products and drink a little cider every day. At that time, she had 10 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

Following the death of Marie Chevrel on 12 June 2019, two days before her 110th birthday, she became the oldest living person in Brittany.

Papail died in La Boussac, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France at the age of 111 years, 301 days. She was the sixth-oldest known oldest living person in France at the time of her death. Additionally, she was the oldest living person in Brittany; her successor was Clemence Rioual of Finistere department.

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