Antonio Ardon Soto

Antonio Ardon Soto
Birth:	2 September 1888 Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Death:	3 November 1998 Rio Segundo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Age:	110 years, 62 days
Country:	CRI
Validated

Antonio Maria Dolores de los Angeles Ardon Soto (Spanish: Antonio María ... Ardón Soto; 2 September 1888 – 3 November 1998) was a Costa Rican supercentenarian whose age is currently validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He was the first Costa Rican supercentenarian.

Biography

Antonio Ardon Soto was born in Alajuela, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica on 2 September 1888. His parents were Rodolfo Ardon (1859–1917) and Angelina Soto Jinesta (1866–1896). He had at least four siblings. He worked as clerk.

He married Elisa Ardon Moya in 1912. The couple had at least five children: Maria Isabel (1912–1913), Maria Isabel (1914–2008), Antonia Angelina (born 1919), Jose Antonio (1921–2010) and Victor Manuel (1923–1996).

In September 1998, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming the first known person in Costa Rican history to become a supercentenarian.

One of his second cousins, Claudia Soto Saborio (1909–2020), would also later become the oldest living person in Costa Rica, reaching the age of 111. They were related by a shared set of great-grandparents: Bernardo Soto Herrera (1791–1856) and Maria Josefa Quesada Gonzalez (1794–1878).

Ardon Soto died of decubitus ulcer septicemia in Rio Segundo, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica on 3 November 1998 at the age of 110 years, 62 days.

Recognition

In September 1998, he became the first confirmed supercentenarian in Costa Rica. His age was later surpassed by Faustino Vargas Perez (1896–2008)

Gallery

Ardon Soto at a younger age (probably in the 1930s) with two of his children

Ardon Soto in his centenarian years

Ardon Soto in his centenarian years

References

• 2020 validations Gerontology Research Group
• Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios Latinoamericanos (LAS)
• Antonio María Dolores de los Angeles Ardon Soto Geni
• En la foto de la izquierda mi tía, mi abuelito Toño Ardón y mi aapá! Rocío Ardón Acosta (Facebook), 7 February 2013
• Don Antonio Ardón Soto Rocío Ardón Acosta (Facebook), 5 July 2020
• Antonio Ardón Soto, que anduvo por los 110 Sergio Erick Ardón Ramírez (Facebook), 11 August 2020
• EL SECRETO DE LA LONGEVIDAD Sergio Erick Ardón Ramírez (Facebook), 23 April 2021

Costa Rica's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Antonio Ardon Soto • Unknown • Rosalina Vargas Solano • Faustino Vargas Perez • Unknown • Josefina Quiros Soto • Celina Fernandez-Pacheco • Francisca Castillo Carrillo • Lidia Menis Peresini • Claudia Soto Saborio • Marita Camacho Quiros • Zoraida Montezuma

Costa Rica's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Antonio Ardon Soto • Unknown • Faustino Vargas Perez • Unknown • Adilio Carmona Sibaja • Egerico Martinez Martinez • Jose Maria Guevara Pizarro • Jose Roberto de Jesus Loaiza • Rafael Mendez Duran • Rafael Alvarez Campos • Juan Gabriel Hernandez Matamoros • Bernabe Cordoba