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Maud Farris-Luse
Maud Farris-Luse
Farris-Luse at the age of 114.
Birth: 21 February 1887
Isabella, Michigan, USA
Death: 18 March 2002
Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Age: 115 years, 25 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Maud Farris-Luse (née Davis; 21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002) was a validated American supercentenarian, the 66th-oldest person ever, and the oldest living person from 6 June 2001, the death of Marie Bremont, to her own death on 18 March 2002, at the age of 115 years, 25 days.

Biography

Maud Muriel Davis was born in Isabella, Michigan, USA on 21 February 1887 as the daughter of Franklin Chester and Adella Jenkins Davis. She married Jason Ferris in Steuben, Indiana on 27 June 1903 and had six children: Charles, Esther, Walter, Clair, Dale, and Lucille. She lived in Indiana for several years before returning to Michigan. She was widowed in 1951 and remarried to Walter Luse in Dorrance, Branch, Michigan on 25 September 1952. She was widowed again three later.

At the age of 100, Farris-Luse still fished, which she had done since a young age. At the age of 104, Farris-Luse moved into a nursing home. At the age of 110, she sent a letter to French Supercentenarian (and oldest person ever) Jeanne Calment. In her final years, Farris-Luse was confined to bed and could not understand speech anymore, but still enjoyed visits. In 2001, her family gave permission to the Harvard school of medicine to take her blood for research.

Maud Farris-Luse died in Coldwater, Michigan, USA on 18 March 2002 at the age of 115 years, 25 days. She was survived by five generations, including her latest-born and only surviving daughter.

AGE REVALIDATION

In August 2023, after reviewing documentation discovered by Jimmy Lindberg, the GRG reached the conclusion that Farris-Luse was probably a month younger, born on 21 February 1887.

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World's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Lucy WoodmanNancy MerrimanBetsy BakerJennie HowellMathias Hansen SaetherCatherine WallerChristina Karnebeek-Backs • Robert Early • Nettie MinickMary Kelly • James King • Narcissa Rickman • Tome Horigome • Marie Bernatkova • Haruno ShimadaAda Roe • Kitty Harvey • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Ettie Crist • Laurence Entiope • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Alice Coles • Josefa Llovet • Eliza UnderwoodAugustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma WilsonAugusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Easter Wiggins • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Ella Miller • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Yukichi Chuganji • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Ana Nogueira de LucaMaria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Jiroemon Kimura • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet BrownNabi Tajima • Chiyo MiyakoKane TanakaLucile RandonMaria Branyas MoreraTomiko Itooka


World's Oldest Living Woman Titleholders (VE)

Nancy MerrimanBetsy BakerJennie HowellCatherine WallerChristina Karnebeek-Backs • Marie Olsen • Mary Kelly • Elizabeth Kensley • Auguste Pahl • Hannah Smith • Yoshigiku Ito • Johanna Booysen • Marie Bernatkova • Haruno ShimadaAda Roe • Josefa Salas Mateo • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Mito Umeta • Niwa Kawamoto • Sophia DeMuth • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Eliza Underwood • Augustine Tessier • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Anna Eliza Williams • Florence Knapp • Easter Wiggins • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Sarah Knauss • Ella Miller • Marie Bremont • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mitoyo Kawate • Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan • Maria Capovilla • Elizabeth Bolden • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Emma Tillman • Yone Minagawa • Edna Parker • Maria de Jesus • Gertrude Baines • Kama Chinen • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Gomes Valentim • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Koto Okubo • Misao Okawa • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Emma Morano • Violet Brown • Nabi Tajima • Chiyo MiyakoKane TanakaLucile RandonMaria Branyas MoreraTomiko Itooka


United States' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Lucy WoodmanNancy MerrimanBetsy BakerJennie HowellCatherine WallerRobert EarlyNettie MinickMary KellyJames KingNarcissa RickmanKitty HarveyEttie CristGinevra DonovanMary BittlebrunEllen CookeAlice ColesEliza UnderwoodNellie SpencerEmma WilsonAugusta HoltzMary McKinneyFlorence KnappEaster WigginsDelphia WelfordMargaret SkeeteWilhelmina KottGeorgia Ella JordanSarah KnaussElla MillerMaude Farris-LuseGrace ClawsonAdelina DominguesMae HarringtonMary ChristianElena SloughCharlotte BenknerEmma Verona JohnstonElizabeth BoldenEmma TillmanCorinne Dixon TaylorEdna ParkerGertrude BainesMary Josephine RayNeva MorrisEunice SanbornBesse CooperDina ManfrediniGertrude WeaverJeralean TalleySusannah Mushatt JonesGoldie MichelsonAdele DunlapDelphine GibsonOphelia BurksLessie BrownAlelia MurphyHester FordThelma SutcliffeBessie HendricksEdie CeccarelliElizabeth Francis

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