Josefina Snyder-Jara | |
![]() Snyder-Jara at the age of circa 110 | |
Birth: | 11 April 1909 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
Death: | 4 December 2019 Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona, USA |
Age: | 110 years, 237 days |
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Unvalidated |
Josefina Marie Snyder-Jara (née Lopez; 11 April 1909 – 4 December 2019) was a Mexican-American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Josefina Snyder-Jara was born as Josefina Snyder Lopez in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on 11 April 1909. Her parents were Enrique Snyder Laseter and Maria Josefina Lopez Zavala. She had at leat four siblings: Yolanda, Hector, Alicia, and Maria de la Luz Sara.
She married Hector Jara Rodriguez in Federal District of Mexico (now Mexico City) on 31 January 1931. She moved to the United States in 1940. She got widowed in 1982.
She celebrated her 110th birthday in April 2019.
Snyder-Jara died in Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Arizona, USA on 4 December 2019 at the age of 110 years, 237 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known living person in Arizona, behind Bessie Simmons-Scott.
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References
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios.net
- 110th birthday David Jara on Facebook, 12 April 2019
- Death mention David Jara on Facebook, 5 December 2019