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Hedwig Wickert
Hedwig Wickert
Birth: 17 July 1909
Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death: 2020
Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age: 111 years
Country: GermanyGER
Unvalidated

Hedwig Wickert (17 July 1909 – 2020) was a German supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Hedwig Wickert was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 17 July 1909. She worked as accountant at St. Mary's Hospital (St. Marienhospital) in Cologne, Germany. She never married, had no children, and lived with her now-deceased sister who took care of the household while Wickert earned the money.

In 2009, at the age of 100, Wickert moved to a nursing home in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She celebrated her 110th birthday in July 2019. At that time, she did not talk much but was still able to read without glasses.

Wickert died in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in 2020 at the age of 111 years.

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