| Marcelle Levaz | |
 Marcelle Levaz in September 2020, aged 109. | |
| Birth: | 18 March 1911 Braives, Liege, Belgium |
| Death: | 13 November 2022 Remicourt, Liege, Belgium |
| Age: | 111 years, 240 days |
| Country: |  BEL
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| Validated | |
Marcelle Levaz [French: Lévaz] (18 March 1911 – 13 November 2022) was a Belgian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known living person in Belgium from the death of Julia Van Hool on 29 April 2021 until her own death on 13 November 2022.
Biography[]
Marcelle Levaz was born in Braives, Liege, Belgium on 18 March 1911. At the age of 108, she moved to a nursing home called "La Ferme Blanche".
COVID-19 Survival[]
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Levaz tested positive for COVID-19. However, as of September 2020, she has recovered. She received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on 14 January 2021, making her one of the oldest people to be vaccinated.
Levaz went on to celebrate her 110th birthday in 2021. She received a phone call from King Philippe.
On 28 April 2021, Levaz surpassed the age of Jeanne Pirenne-Lempereur to became the oldest person who ever lived in Liege province. The following day, following the death of Julia Van Hool, she became the oldest living person in Belgium.
Marcelle Levaz died on 13 November 2022 in Remicourt, Liege, Belgium at the age of 111 years, 240 days. She is the oldest person to ever live in Liege.
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- Beligische eeuwelingen - Centenaires belges
- Marcelle, 99 ans, puise sa vitalité dans le yoga L'Avenir, 20 March 2010
- Avoir 100 ans, que du bonheur ! RTFB, 7 March 2011
- Voici la plus vieille ‘clubbeuse’ de Belgique: 103 ans! RTL Info, 24 March 2014
- Une Remicourtoise de 107,5 ans est la doyenne de la province! La Meuse, 13 September 2018
- Journée internationale des séniors : la doyenne liégeoise a 107 ans et demi ! RTBF, 1 October 2018
- Marcelle, de Remicourt, a fêté ses 108 ans au restaurant! La Meuse, 19 March 2019
- Remicourt: Marcelle a bien fêté son 109e anniversaire! La Province, 19 March 2020
- Marcelle, 109 ans et demi de Remicourt, est la nouvelle doyenne de Wallonie! La Province, 8 September 2020
- À 109 ans, Marcelle Levaz est la nouvelle doyenne des Wallons L'Avenir, 9 September 2020
- Le jour J est arrivé. Vaccination au top.💉💉💉 Vulpia Residence La Ferme Blanche on Facebook, 14 January 2021
- La doyenne de Wallonie fête ses 110 ans! RTC Télé Liège, 18 March 2021
- Surprise: le Roi Philippe a appelé Marcelle à Remicourt pour ses 110 ans! La Meuse, 18 March 2021
- La nouvelle doyenne des Belges est Liégeoise La Libre, 29 April 2021
- Marcelle Lévaz, la doyenne de Belgique, souffle ses 111 bougies et reste "un vrai petit rayon de soleil" RTFB, 18 March 2022
- Oudste Belg Marcelle Lévaz op 111-jarige leeftijd overleden HLN, 13 November 2022
- Oldest person living in Belgium, Marcelle Lévaz, has died aged 111 Brussels Times, 14 November 2022
| 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 • Magda Janssens • Fernande Courtoy• Denise Waelbers |