| Maude Harris | |
 Harris at the age of 113 | |
| Birth: | 15 August 1907 Fertile, Minnesota, USA |
| Death: | 3 May 2021 Hialeah, Florida, USA |
| Age: | 113 years, 261 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Maude Florence Harris (née Juelson; 15 August 1907 – 3 May 2021?) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest living person in the United States, after Thelma Sutcliffe, and the third-oldest living American (including emigrant Maria Branyas Morera). As an official report of her death has not been located, she is considered a limbo case on the World Supercentenarian Rankings List.
Biography
Maude Harris was born in Fertile, Minnesota, USA, on 15 August 1907. Her parents were John Alfred and Swedish-born Ellen Juelson (née Johnson). She had four younger siblings: Bernice, Harman, Corine and Elaine. Her paternal grandmother, also named Ellen, was born in Norway.
In 1938, she married Guy Harris in King County, Washington, USA. They had no children at the time of the 1940 US Census.
At the age of 103, Harris was reported to be quite active, and knitted hats and sweaters for premature babies born at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Her age was validated by the GRG on 17 November 2019.
At the time of her death, Harris was the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Florida, residing in a retirement community in Hialeah. According to a genealogy profile curated by her relative, she likely died on 3 May 2021, at the age of 113 years, 261 days. This would make her the third-oldest person to have ever been born in the U.S. state of Minnesota, after Walter Breuning and Catherine Hagel.
Gallery
References
- Hialeah Honors 103 Year Old Resident Soul of Miami
- South Fla. woman turns 107 years old Local 10 News
- Maude Harris turned 110!! Facebook
- 111 years old: Supercentenarian gets her own day in Hialeah Miami Herald, 6 September 2018 (Archived)
- Today is Maude Harris' 112th Birthday!! Epworth Village Retirement, Facebook, 15 August 2019
- A truly happy birthday to Epworth's supercentarian, Ms. Maude Harris! Epworth Village Retirement, Facebook, 15 August 2020
- Limbo mention The 110 Club, 25 November 2021
- Death mention Ancestry, 3 May 2021