Marie Dufour | |
Dufour in May 2022, aged 110 | |
Birth: | 14 December 1911 Lyon, Metropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
Death: | 15 November 2022 Rillieux-le-Pape, Metropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France |
Age: | 110 years, 336 days |
Country: | FRA |
Validated |
Marie Dufour (née Vallat; 14 December 1911 – 15 November 2022) was a French supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2022.
Biography[]
Marie Dufour was born as Marie Vallat in the 3rd district of Lyon, Metropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 14 December 1911. On 5 March 1936, she married Pierre Dufour in the 6th district of Lyon.
Dufour lived in her own house until the age of 108. In July 2019, following a fall at home, she moved to the nursing home Castellane in Rillieux-le-Pape. In December 2019, she was reported to be the oldest of the four centenarians of the nursing home.
Dufour died in Rillieux-le-Pape, Metropole de Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France on 15 November 2022, at the age of 110 years, 336 days. At the time of her death, she was the third-oldest known living person in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, behind Marguerite Larmignat and a 110-year-old anonymous woman. She was also the oldest living person in Metropole de Lyon at the time of her death.
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References[]
- Marie VALLAT Geneanet
- Férues de danse ou de Scrabble, quatre centenaires livrent leurs secrets Le Progrès, 16 December 2019
- (...) Marie DUFOUR (...) a soufflé sa 109ème bougie cette semaine Groupe ACPPA on Facebook, 16 December 2020
- Doyenne de la Métropole de Lyon, Marie Vallat Dufour devient supercentenaire Les Centenaires Français, 15 December 2021
- Marie Dufour, pétillante doyenne du Rhône, vit à Rillieux-la-Pape Le Progrès, 14 May 2022
- Obituary Simplifia, 19 November 2022
- Oldest French people of All-Time, Centenaires Français