Not to be confused with Oscar Joseph Coulembier.
Oscar Joseph | |
![]() Oscar Joseph at the age of 105. | |
Birth: | 2 September 1915 Roseau, Dominica |
Death: | 4 November 2022 Goodwill, Dominica |
Age: | 107 years, 63 days |
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Centenarian |
Oscar Joseph (2 September 1915 – 4 November 2022) was a Dominican centenarian who was the oldest known living man in Dominica at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Oscar Joseph nicknamed "Popeye" was born in Roseau, Dominica on 2 September 1915. He never knew his father and grew up with his mother and two siblings in a "bootsham" house. He attended the Roseau Boys School and then moved on to the Roseau Mixed School. Joseph, who has been driving for over 75 years, received his license in January 1938 and his first driving job was as an employee of Hugh Grell, the father of Dr. Gerald Grell.
Later he migrated to Antigua where he spent the next 13 years of his life and met his wife Daphne Dover who died in 2001. Upon his return to Dominica, Joseph became a sailor and travelled around the world. Later he saw someone selling ice cream in a van on a wharf in south Wales and started selling ice cream for 50 years in his signature Popeye's truck. Although he was not the first Dominican to make ice cream, he was the first to sell ice cream from a truck.
In September 2020, Joseph celebrated his 105th birthday. He had 13 children.
Oscar Joseph died in Goodwill, Dominica on 4 November 2022 at the age of 107 years, 63 days.
References[]
- Popeye is 105 The SunDominica, 24 September 2020 (Archived)
- CENTENARIAN’S DAY: Dominica’s 23 living centenarians highlighted (in photos and mini bios) DominicaNewsOnline, 23 September 2021
- LIVE TODAY: Happy 100 – celebrating our centenarians on Centenarians Day 2022 Dominica News Online, 23 September 2022
- Death Announcement EMONEWS, 22 November, 2022