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Not to be confused with Oscar Joseph.

Oscar Coulembier
Oscar Coulembier
Birth: 31 December 1905
Saint Hubert, Luxembourg, Belgium
Death: 20 December 2014
Belgium
Age: 108 years, 354 days
Country: BelgiumBEL
Centenarian

Oscar Joseph Leon Coulembier [Belgian: Léon] (31 December 1905 – 20 December 2014) was a Belgian centenarian who was the oldest man in Belgium from the death of Jan Goossenaerts on 21 March 2012 until his own death on 20 December 2014.

Biography[]

Oscar Joseph Leon Coulembier was born in Saint Hubert, Luxembourg, Belgium, on 31 December 1905. After World War 1 he moved to Furnes, and then to Ypres. He later married Yvonne Decan, who he ran a liquor store with. The couple had four children. Yvonne died in 1987 aged 80. He became the oldest man in the Benelux following the passing of Jean Ley on 20 February 2013.

Oscar Coulembier died in Ypres, Belgium, on 20 December 2014 at the age of 108 years, 354 days following a rapid decline in his health. After his death, Belgium's oldest man was Aime Wille (1909–2015).

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Belgium's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Julien Sterckx • Edmond Van Cauteren • Pieter Hinnisdaels • Clement de Vos • Polydoor Vandersypt • Eugene Naniot • Cesar Dassonville • Lievin Pelfrene • Francois Rygaert • Albert de Selliers de Moranville • Dictus Bomans • Jules-Leo Neijrinck • Emiel Vanderhaegen • Petrus Van de Voorde • Jozef de Koker • Paul Henrard • Louis Marion • Georges Nevejans • Marcel Duguet • Jos de Kort • Jan Goossenaerts • Oscar Coulembier • Aime Wille • Jacques ClemensGustavus LeclercqMaurice StaelSylvain ValleeJef SmetsJaak BroekxAlbert Van Raemdonck

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