Celina Fernandez Pacheco | |
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Birth: | 22 January 1906 Alajuela, Costa Rica |
Death: | 16 October 2016 Alajuela, Costa Rica |
Age: | 110 years, 268 days |
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Celina Fernandez Solorzano de Pacheco [Spanish: Fernández] (22 January 1906 – 16 October 2016) was a Costa Rican supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Fernandez Pacheco was born in Alajuela, Costa Rica on 22 January 1906 to Benjamin Fernandez and Maria Luisa Solorzano. Her birth name was Maria Celina de Jesus Fernandez Solorzano.
In 1928, she married Antonio Pacheco Perez (1901–1999). They had three children: Oscar (1929–2002), Maria Cecilia (1931–2014) and Francisco Antonio (born 1940). She worked as a teacher.
Her sister-in-law Maria Julia Pacheco Perez (1910–2017) lived to be 106, who was a sister of her husband.
On her 109th birthday in 2015, she was able to walk with the help of a walker. Her daughter, Cecilia, died two months prior to Celina's 109th birthday. In February 2016 at the age of 110, she voted in the Costa Rican municipal elections.
Fernandez Solorzano de Pacheco died at her home in Alajuela, Costa Rica on 16 October 2016 at the age of 110 years, 268 days.
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References[]
- 2017 GRG validations
- Celina Fernandez Solorzano FamilySearch
- Se reunieron en Alajuela cinco generaciones Al Día News, 9 March 2006
- Con 110 años y en silla de ruedas fue a votar Diario Extra, 9 February 2016
- Muere a los 112 años madre de Francisco A. Pacheco Diario Extra, 17 October 2016
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 |