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Ruth Fear
Ruth Fear
Birth: 8 December 1911
Lafontaine, Kansas, USA
Death: 3 May 2022
Sunnyside, Washington, USA
Age: 110 years, 146 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Ruth Fear (née Neer; 8 December 1911 – 3 May 2022) was an American supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024. She may be the oldest resident of the state of Washington since the death of Ruth Apilado on 15 August 2021 until her death.

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Ruth Fear was born in Lafontaine, Kansas, USA on 8 December 1911. Her parents were Amos and Grace (née Allen) Neer. She had nine siblings, all deceased as of December 2021.

She was married to Wilson Fear, who died in 1974. At some point the couple moved to Oregon and in 1951 to Zillah, Washington when her husband got a job in Hanford.

Her younger sister, Venus Lorene Boyer, died in 2015 at the age of 99. She lived at the Just Like Home Resident Care facility in Sunnyside.

Fear died in Sunnyside, Washington, USA on 3 May 2022 at the age of 110 years, 146 days.

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