| Dolores Pasquini Boscardin | |
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| Birth: | 27 October 1897 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil |
| Death: | 30 November 2009 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil |
| Age: | 112 years, 34 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Validated | |
Dolores Pasquini Boscardin (27 October 1897 – 30 November 2009) was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is currently validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Dolores Pasquini Boscardin was born in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil on 27 October 1897 (claimed 1896). Her parents were Joao Pasquini and Adelaide Botturi, who were both of Italian descent. She had four siblings.
She married Joao Chiminazzo in Curitiba on 26 January 1915 at the age of 17. She was widowed before her first child was born.
She remarried Constancio Boscardin on 12 February 1920. The couple had two children: Moacyr Boscardin (1920–2002), and Maria de Lourdes Boscardin (born 1922).
She worked as a dressmaker and decorating the carriages for wedding parties and funerals. In the 40s, her business started to go bad and she and her husband chose to close their garage and move in with their daughter Lourdes, who was married.
She got widowed in 1984. In her last years, she was blind.
Pasquini Boscardin died of multiple organ failure in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil on 30 November 2009 at the age of 112 years, 34 days (claimed 113 years, 34 days). She was survived by two children, nine grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren. At the time of her death, she may have been the third-oldest known living person in Brazil, behind Maria Gomes Valentim and Ana Nogueira de Lucas.
References[]
- Lista de falecimentos Gazeta do Povo, 30 November 2009
- Lista de falecimentos Gazeta do Povo, 4 December 2009