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Hildegard Vedder
Hildegard Vedder
Vedder on her 110th birthday in 2024
Birth: 17 March 1914
Heiligenstadt, Thuringa, Germany
Death: 13 April 2024
Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age: 110 Years, 27 days
Country: GermanyGER
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Hildegard Vedder (born 17 March 1914 - 13 April 2024) was a German supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024.

Biography[]

Hildegard Vedder was born in Heiligenstadt, Thuringa, Germany on 17 March 1914. She was the oldest of four children. Her father left her family when she was still a child.

She was still very healthy and active at the time of her 105th birthday and would still read the newspaper without any glasses every day. She moved to a nursing home in Febuary 2024. At the time she was bound to a wheelchair but still a very happy person despite having problems with her senses and her memory.

In March 2024 she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.

She was first mentioned on her 105th birthday, but not again until her 110th birthday in 2024.

Hildegard Vedder died in Beckum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,in 13 April 2024 at the age of 110 years, 27 days.

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