| Catherine Abate | |
 Abate on her 111th birthday in 2020 | |
| Birth: | 15 November 1909 Stigliano, Basilicata, Italy |
| Death: | 7 May 2022 Hamburg, New York, USA |
| Age: | 112 years, 173 days |
| Country: |  ITA  USA
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| Validated | |
Catherine J. Abate (15 November 1909 – 7 May 2022) was an Italian-born American supercentenarian who, at the time of her death, was the oldest person living in New York. She was also the second-oldest known living Italian-born person, behind Delio Venturotti of Brazil, as well as the oldest known living Italian-born woman. Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 8 March 2021.
Biography[]
Abate was born as Caterina Labate in Stigliano, Basilicata, Italy on 15 November 1909. Her parents were Joseph and Mary (DiSanto) Abate. She had seven siblings: Rocco Abate (1902–1969), James Abate (1905–1979), Mary Louise Abate (1917–2005), Lucy Abate (1919–1986), Rosemarie Abate (1922–2016), Angeline Hillman (born 1924), and Lola Marie Balon (1927–2020). In 1919, she moved to Buffalo, New York. She never married and had no children.
Her only surviving sibling, younger sister Angeline Hillman, is still alive as of 2021 at the age of 97.
She became the oldest known living Italian-born woman, following the death of Ida Zoccarato on 16 January 2022.
In her later life, Abate lived in an assisting living home in Hamburg, New York, USA. She died on 7 May 2022 at the age of 112 years, 173 days. Coincidentally, her death occurred on the same day as the death of Angela Tiraboschi, the oldest known living person in Italy.
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References[]
- Mary Louise Abate The Buffalo News, 24 February 2005
- ABATE, Rosemarie The Buffalo News, 3 October 2016
- The key to a long life: Not getting married? WKBW, 15 November 2018
- 110th birthday Facebook, 15 November 2019
- 111th birthday Facebook, 15 November 2020
- Lola (Abate) Balon John O. Roth Funeral Home, Inc. 20 September 2020
- 112-year-old Hamburg resident gets more than 1,200 cards, surprises from local schools for birthday WGRZ, 16 November 2021
- Obituary of Catherine J. Abate Lombardo Funeral Home, May 2022