| Antonietta Franchini | |
 Franchini on her 110th birthday | |
| Birth: | 19 July 1914 Sant'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy |
| Death: | 17 January 2025 Sant'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy |
| Age: | 110 years, 182 days |
| Country: |  ITA
|
| Validated | |
Antonietta Franchini (19 July 1914 - 17 January 2025) was an Italian supercentenarian. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Antonietta "Tonia" Franchini was born in Sabt'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy on 19 July 1914. She had 5 sisters including Giuseppina "Bepa" Franchini (1 January 1918 – 6 November 2022) who lived 104 years, 309 days, making them among the oldest sisters in Italy, with a combined age of 215 years, 126 days.
As a girl, she worked at the village's ancient spinning mill. She married at 23, to Giuseppe Gardinetti, a bricklayer, with whom she had three daughters: Ivette (died at 15 months), and in 1941 the twins Giuseppina (died in 2022) and Ivette (died in 2023). After her marriage she immediately moved to France, to Montbrison, in the Loire region, for work reasons.
In 1963 she returned to Italy, a few months later at the age of 49 her husband died due to an illness. From here she always took care of the family, also working as a waitress in a local restaurant.
On 19 July 2024 she turned 110 becoming a supercentenarian at the time she had 6 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren she was still lucid and had no significant medical conditions. She lived at home with her son-in-law Umberto (Giuseppina's husband), and loved playing with children and telling them stories.
A few months before her death she had taken the helicopter for the first time to go to the hospital in Bergamo. Then her health conditions worsened.
Franchini died on 17 January 2025 aged 110 years, 182 days. She was the 15th oldest living person in Italy and the third in Lombardy.
Gallery[]
References[]
- GRG World Validated Supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
- Antonietta Franchini LongeviQuest
- Antonietta, Bepa e Maria: 308 anni in tre più forti di guerre e pandemie, con amore L'Eco di Bergamo, 19 July 2020
- Buon compleanno Tonia: 110 anni. È la decana dei bergamaschi L'Eco di Bergamo, 19 July 2024
- 110 anni per Tonia di S.Omobono, la più anziana di Bergamo. Il segreto? “Essere sempre positiva” La voce delle Valli, 19 July 2024
- È morta Tonia Franchini, aveva 110 anni: era la donna più anziana della provincia di Bergamo Corriere della Sera, 17 January 2025