| Julia Van Hool | |
 Van Hool on her 110th birthday | |
| Birth: | 7 May 1909 Putte, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Death: | 29 April 2021 Lier, Antwerp, Belgium |
| Age: | 111 years, 357 days |
| Country: |  BEL
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| Unvalidated | |
Maria "Julia" Van Hool (7 May 1909 – 29 April 2021) was a Belgian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Van Hool was born in Putte, Antwerp, Belgium, on 7 May 1909. She was one of five daughters and two sons. At the end of the 1920s, she started a hair salon with her older sister. On 2 January 1934, she married René Op De Beek and started working at his butchery. Van Hool and Op De Beek had four children, three of them still living as of 2020. Van Hool worked at the butchery until 1966, when she handed the business to her son Flor. She continued supporting the business until Flor stopped working in 1991.
Rene died in 1982 shortly before their 50th wedding anniversary. Van Hool turned 100 in 2009. In December 2015, she suffered a fall and moved into the WZC Sint-Jozef retirement home in Lier. Van Hool turned 110 in May 2019.
Van Hool became the oldest living person in Belgium after the death of 111 year-old Marietta Bouverne on 3 August 2020.
COVID-19 Survival
Around 11 January 2021, Van Hool tested positive for COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, as of 25 January 2021, she successfully recovered and received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Van Hool died on 29 April 2021 in a hospital in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium at the age of 111 years, 357 days.
Gallery
References
- Maria Julia Van Hool is 101 Het Nieuwsblad, 17 May 2010
- UITBUNDIGE VIERING VAN 107-JARIGE JULIA VAN HOOL Lier Belicht, 9 May 2016
- Derde oudste inwoner van het land Julia Van Hool viert vandaag 110de (!) verjaardag HLN.be, 7 May 2019
- Op een na oudste Belg Julia Van Hool blaast 111 kaarsjes uit in quarantaine GVA.be, 7 May 2020
- Lierse Julia Van Hool (111) mag zich vanaf nu oudste Belg noemen: “Ze stelt het nog steeds erg goed” HLN.be, 3 August 2020
- Oudste Belg Julia Van Hool (111) test positief op corona: “Gelukkig heeft ze er weinig last van” HLN.be, 11 January 2021
- Oudste Belg Julia Van Hool verslaat corona en krijgt ook vaccin: “Nu uitkijken naar bezoek en 112de verjaardag” HLN.be, 25 January 2021
- Oudste Belg Julia Van Hool overleden op 111-jarige leeftijd Het Nieuwsblad, 29 April 2021
| Belgium's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Charlotte Cardinal • Marie Rolland • Anna Versluys • Sophie Lacompte • Maria Vleminckx • Marie Gomain • Norbertine Fourdin • Marie Vandermoesen • Isabelle Tack • Maria Vandewinckel • Maria Gorsen • Marie Delfairiere • Ignace Demol • Herlindis Goeminne • Theresia Van Den Broucke • Maximilienne Pierquain • Sidonie Hayez • Caroline Fievet • Francisca Cloet • Marie-Louise Van Hoorebeeck • Hendrik Bulterijs • Barbara Simoens • Theresia De Petter • Adele Vandenbosch • Marie Salmon • Constant De Lichte • Helene Lebon • Marie Purnode • Eugenie Tecqmenne • Catherine Baert • Marie Lambotte • Fanny Thonus • Marie-Louise Vandenbroucke • Denise Durel • Maria Devos • Marguerite Dewal • Sophie Leys • Maria Wintgens • Eugenie Boulanger • Emiel Carbon • Kamiel Steyaert • Flore Carpentier • Maria Serneels • Frans Meeus • Mathilde Hellemans • Edmond Van Cauteren • Arthuria Dascotte • Pieter Hinnisdaels • Clement De Vos • Rosalie Beetens • Marie Lambert • Leonia Bruyndonckx • Mathilde Pirlet • Octavie Lips • L. V. • Maria Van Sprengel • Ermenie Acoe • Elisabeth Demanet • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Maria Irma Casteur • Catharina Ververs • Marie De Ruyver • Joanna Deroover • Anne-Marie Vandermersch • Louis Marion • Victoire Ricaille • Maria Verkeyn • Maria Annaert • Irma Van de Voorde • Marcelle Droogmans • Romanie Pollet • Bernardina Van Dommelen • Gabrielle Demets • Adrienne Ledent • Germaine Degueldre • Fanny Godin • Anna De Guchtenaere • Alicia Corveleyn • Fernande De Raeve • Madeleine Dullier • Elisabeth De Proost • Marietta Bouverne • Julia Van Hool • Marcelle Levaz |
