| Ruy de Noronha Goyos | |
 Ruy de Noronha Goyos on his 108th birthday in 2022. | |
| Birth: | 12 March 1914 Ouro Fino, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Death: | 3 October 2022 Galia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil |
| Age: | 108 years, 205 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Centenarian | |
Ruy de Noronha Goyos (12 March 1914 – 3 October 2022) was a Brazilian centenarian who was the oldest known living World War II veteran in Brazil at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Ruy de Noronha Goyos was born in Ouro Fino, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 12 March 1914. His parents were Elisaldo Ferreira Goyos and Maria Ferreira Goyos.
During World War II, he was a member of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the war theater of Italy, and served in the 9th Engineering Battalion.
He married Maria Celia Lopes de Almeida in Presidente Alves, Sao Paulo, Brazil on 18 December 1948. The couple had five children: including Maria Aparecida (born 1949), Ruy (born 1951), Gil (born 1955), and Maria Lucia (born 1957). He worked at the Sao Paulo State Department of Agriculture until he retired.
He drove a car until the age of 98. His wife Maria Celia was still alive as of August 2013.
As of April 2020, he had seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In May 2021, he was reported as the oldest known living World War II veteran in Brazil.
Ruy de Noronha Goyos died in Galia, Sao Paulo State, Brazil on 3 October 2022, at the age of 108 years, 205 days.
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References[]
- Las personas vivas más longevas Supercentenarios.net
- Ruy no super em Marília, prox. aos 99. Gil Noronha on Facebook, 17 February 2013
- Aos 99 anos, sobrevivente da 2ª guerra diz ser um pai 'bonzinho' G1, 10 August 2013
- Visita ao Veterano Ruy Bauru "Voluntário Joaquim Zagui" on Facebook, 12 April 2019
- A história por trás da foto. O Gil Noronha nos mandou uma foto do pai, Cabo Ruy de Noronha Goyos V de Vitória on Facebook, 7 April 2020
- Cabo: RUY NORONHA GOYOS Imortais Combatentes da FEB on Facebook, 6 January 2021
- Brasil perdeu 17 combatentes da Segunda Guerra Mundial em 2021 R7, 31 May 2021
- Hoje Ricardo Barbosa teve o prazer de visitar o Cabo Ruy de Noronha Goyos, nosso herói em seu aniversário, são 108 anos! Imortais Combatentes da FEB on Facebook, 13 March 2022
- Death mention, 3 October 2022