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Marcelina Arauz
Marcelina Arauz de Maure
Arauz on her 110th birthday in 2019.
Birth: 1 June 1909
Panama
Death: 26 March 2022
Los Llanos, Ocu District, Panama
Age: 112 years, 299 days
Country: PanamaPAN
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Marcelina Arauz de Maure [Spanish: Araúz] (1 June 1909 – 26 March 2022) was a Panamanian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known living person in Panama at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Marcelina Arauz was born in Ocú, Herrera, Panama on 1 June 1909. She married a man with the surname Maure. They had four children. At the age of 111, she had nine grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and more than 10 great-great-grandchildren.

Arauz died in Los Llanos, Ocu District, Herrera, Panama, on 26 March 2022 at the age of 112 years, 299 days. Her death was due to COVID-19, so she became the oldest victim of the disease in Latin America.

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Panama's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Serafina Herrera de Sugasti • Guillermina Acosta Bilbao • Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano • Maria Mercedes Arrocha Graell • Clara Cedeno Tello • Elvira Paredes • Marcelina ArauzDolores Maria Vazquez

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