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Ilse Beck
Ilse Beck
Ilse Beck on her 105th birthday in 2011
Birth: 5 October 1906
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Death: 29 March 2018
Kraftsdorf-Harpersdorf, Thuringen, Germany
Age: 111 years, 175 days
Country: GermanyGER
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Ilse Beck (5 October 1906 – 29 March 2018) was a German supercentenarian whose age is validated by the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO) and recognized by LongeviQuest (LQ).

Biography

Beck was born in Dresden, Saxony, Germany on 5 October 1906. She was a clerk by profession. She had one son, Rainer (died in 2002).

She lived in Dresden until 2000. Later on, she moved to Kraftsdorf-Harpersdorf, Thuringen. At the time of her 110th birthday in 2016, she had three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Beck died in Kraftsdorf-Harpersdorf, Thuringen, Germany on 29 March 2018 at the age of 111 years, 175 days. At the time of her death, she was reported to be the oldest living person in Thuringen.[1]

Her age was validated by the ESO on 15 February 2020, and was later accepted by LongeviQuest.[2]

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