Bernice Madigan

	Bernice Madigan
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Birth:	24 July 1899; West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Death:	3 January 2015; Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA
Age:	115 years, 163 days
Country:	USA
	Validated

Bernice "Bennie" Marina Madigan (née Emerson; 24 July 1899 – 3 January 2015) was an American Supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the fifth-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Misao Okawa, Gertrude Weaver, Jeralean Talley, and Susannah Mushatt Jones. She was also one of the last surviving validated people, who were born before 1900. She's the oldest person ever from Massachusetts, living to the age of 115 years, 163 days and currently ranks the 43rd-oldest person ever. She is also the first, and currently the only supercentenarian from Massachusetts, to reach the age of 115.

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Bernice Marina Emerson was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA on 24 July 1899 as the daughter of Harry and Grace Bennett Emerson. In 1918 she moved to Washington, District of Columbia. She married Paul H. Madigan in Washington, D.C. on 10 September 1925. The couple had no children. Bernice and her husband then moved to Maryland. She was widowed in 1976, and returned to Massachusetts in 2007.

Madigan died in Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA on 3 January 2015 at the age of 115 years, 163 days.

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Bernice Madigan

Birth:	24 July 1899 West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Death:	3 January 2015 Cheshire, Massachusetts, USA
Age:	115 years, 163 days
Country:	USA
Validated