Magda Janssens | |
Janssens on her 111th birthday in 2023 | |
Birth: | 16 March 1912 Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium |
Death: | 18 September 2023 Zandhoven, Antwerp, Belgium |
Age: | 111 years, 186 days |
Country: | BEL |
Validated |
Magdalena Delphina (Magda) Janssens (16 March 1912 – 18 September 2023) was a Belgian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Belgium.
Biography[]
Magda Janssens was born in Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium on 16 March 1912. She had at least three siblings.
She married on 24 October 1936, but her husband died six months later on 23 April 1937.
She married on 1 October 1938. The couple had four children. Her husband died on 19 May 2001 at the age of 96.
Her sister Laura (born May 1915) died at the age of 103.
She lived in Wilrijk for a long time before moving to Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Troost when she was 90. At the age of 90, she underwent a surgery to have a pacemaker implanted.
In January 2021 at the age of 108, she received the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, making her one of the oldest people to receive it.
In 2021, at the age of 109, she contracted COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, she had successfully recovered, making her one of the oldest known survivors of the disease.
In March 2022, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. As of March 2022, she has two children Andre (aged 87), and Francine Ceulemans (aged 76), three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Magda Janssens died at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Troost nursing home in Zandhoven, Antwerp, Belgium on 18 September 2023 at the age of 111 years, 186 days. At the time of her death she was the oldest known living person in Belgium, the oldest known living person in the Benelux, and the last known living person in Belgium born before 1914.
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- 2022 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Ouderdomsdeken fusiegemeente Magda (104) kreeg op 100ste nog pacemaker GVA, 16 March 2016
- Magda Janssens (105) is oudste inwoonster van fusiegemeente Zandhoven Nieuwsblad, 16 March 2017
- “Moeder is 107 en mankeert nog niets” Nieuwsblad, 19 March 2019
- Is Magda (108) oudste gevaccineerde van provincie? GVA, 14 January 2021
- Magda kan dankzij twee Pfizervaccins feestje bouwen voor 109de verjaardag Nieuwsblad, 16 March 2021
- Magda (110) gevierd als oudste Vlaming en derde oudste van Benelux: “Eindelijk weer feest” GVA, 16 March 2022
- Magda uit Zandhoven, oudste inwoner van Benelux, viert 111de verjaardag met concert en haar favoriete kost Nieuwsblad, 16 March 2023
- 'She was very much loved': Belgium's oldest person dies at 111 The Brussels Times, 20 September 2023
Belgium's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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