Florence Carroll | |
Florence Carroll at the age of 107. | |
Birth: | 9 June 1907 Millerton, New York, USA |
Death: | 15 April 2021 Salisbury, Connecticut, USA |
Age: | 113 years, 310 days |
Country: | USA |
Validated |
Florence Alice Antoinette Carroll (née Brunese; 9 June 1907 – 15 April 2021) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Connecticut at time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Florence Carroll was born as Florence Brunese in Millerton, Duchess County, New York, USA on 9 June 1907 to Italian-born father Paul Emile and Mary Ann (McCann) Brunese. As a young adult, she worked as a cook in Lakeville, Connecticut. She married John Carroll on 9 February 1930, and the couple had nine children, four of whom are deceased as of 2014.
At the time of her 107th birthday in 2014, Carroll had 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Her hobbies are birdwatching and gardening. On her 110th birthday in 2017, the Today Show included her in their list of people celebrating a milestone.
Longevity is present in her family. Her older sister, Mary Agnes, died in 2003 at the age of 98 and her younger brother, William, died in 2015 at the age of 102.
Carroll died on 15 April 2021, at the verified age of 113 years, 310 days and was just two days shy of becoming the second-oldest living person in the United States, since Hester Ford died two days later.
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References
- Florence Carroll, 112 Photo Gallery, GRG
- Millerton native celebrates 107th Poughkeepsie Journal
- TODAY celebrates milestone birthdays, anniversaries: June 12, 2017 TODAY
- Great Gramma Carroll is 112 years old today! Instagram, 9 June 2019
- Obituary