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Helen Chamberlain
Helen Chamberlain
Birth: 16 January 1906
Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 25 February 2017
Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA
Age: 111 years, 40 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Helen Chamberlain (16 January 1906 – 25 February 2017) was an American supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 25 August 2018.

Biography[]

Helen Chamberlain was born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, USA on 16 January 1906, to parents Harry and Sally Chamberlain. One of her earliest memories dates back to 1912, where she recalled being six years old and hearing the news of the Titanic sinking over the radio.

After high school, Chamberlain studied nursing at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and worked as a nurse there for six years before returning home. She eventually worked as a nurse for a physician in a private practice in Weatherly. She never married and had no children.

Helen Chamberlain died in Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania, USA on 25 February 2017 at the age of 111 years, 40 days.

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