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Mary Ransopher
Mary Ransopher
Ransopher (aged 110; almost 111) on 22 December 2023
Birth: 25 December 1912
Russiaville, Indiana, USA
Death: 13 February 2025
Frankfort, Indiana, USA
Age: 112 years, 50 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Mary Isabel Ransopher (née Farlow; 25 December 1912 – 13 February 2025) was an American 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 the U.S. state of Indiana.

Biography[]

Mary Ransopher was born as Mary Isabel Farlow in Russiaville, Indiana, USA on 25 December 1912 to Ed and Pansy (née Thompson) Farlow on a farm that her grandfather bought. She had four brothers.

In August 1935, she married J. Marland "Marlin" Ransopher. They went on to have four children: Jane Ann, Ed, Susan, and Tad. Her husband died in July 2006.

In December 2022, Ransopher celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. During that same month, she was interviewed by her great-granddaughter, WLFI reporter Marlee Thomas.

Following the death of 111-year-old Charlotte McLauchlin on 24 April 2023, Ransopher became the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Indiana.

Mary Ransopher died in Frankfort, Indiana, USA on 13 February 2025 at the age of 112 years, 50 days.

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