Odette Ambuhler | |
Odette Ambuhler on her 111th birthday in 2012. | |
Birth: | 17 September 1901 Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France |
Death: | 31 December 2012 Laigne-en-Belin, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France |
Age: | 111 years, 105 days |
Country: | FRA |
Validated |
Odette Ambuhler [French: Ambühler] (née Lefeuvre; 17 September 1901 – 31 December 2012) was a French supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the seventh-oldest living person in France.
Biography[]
Odette Ambuhler was born in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France on 17 September 1901. In the early 1920s, she met Gustave Ambuhler, who came from Switzerland. They married on 21 March 1925, and had five children. Gustave died in 1931.
Ambuhler came back in Le Mans, until moving in the nursing home Les Foyers de la Fuie in Laigne-en-Belin on 28 April 2003. On her 110th birthday in 2011, she still joked a lot. Her age was verified by Luc Le Lay, and validated by the GRG on 26 May 2012.
Odette Ambuhler died in Laigne-en-Belin, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France around 9 a.m. on 31 December 2012, at the age of 111 years, 105 days.
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- Table A Gerontology Research Group
- La doyenne des Sarthois va fêter ses 108 ans Le Maine Libre, 3 September 2009 (Archived)
- La doyenne de la Sarthe a fêté ses 108 ans Ouest-France, 18 September 2009
- Odette Ambulheur, doyenne sarthoise, a fêté ses 110 ans Le Mans Maville, 23 September 2011
- Sarthe. Odette, 111 ans, la doyenne du département Ouest-France, 18 September 2012
- La doyenne des Sarthois s’est éteinte ce lundi, à 111 ans Ouest-France, 31 December 2012
- Personnes françaises les plus âgées de tous les temps Les Centenaires Français