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Sara Mendaro Guichon

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Sara Mendaro Guichon
Sara Mendaro Guichon
Mendaro Guichon on her 110th birthday with her granddaughter in 2021
Birth: 21 December 1911
Florida, Uruguay
Death: 4 February 2022
Durazno, Uruguay
Age: 110 years, 45 days
Country: UruguayURU
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Sara Mendaro Guichon de Valenzuela [Spanish: Guichón] (21 December 1911 – 4 February 2022) was an Uruguayan supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2022.

Biography[]

Sara Mendaro Guichon de Valenzuela was born in Florida, Uruguay on 21 December 1911 as the youngest of 10 siblings. Her parents were Eugenio Mendaro and Gregoria Guichon.

She married Hermecendo Valenzuela on 18 April 1936. They had six children.

She was baptized by the Adventist Church on 23 December 1955 at the age of 44. Since her baptism, she had participated in many activities to promote the Church.

The couple had a company that exploited construction materials, she did the accounting and paperwork, also customer service, where she explained about the materials.

She was married for more than 50 years.

From the age of 100, she celebrated her birthdays every half year because she said that you have to live to the fullest.

She loved to read but because he lived in a small town he did not have the opportunity to continue studying although she was always a lover of reading.

She never smoked or drank alcohol, she loved lamb and everything natural like fruits and vegetables.

On 31 March 2021, aged 109, Mendaro Guichon got vaccinated against COVID-19, making her one of the oldest people to receive the vaccine. Her granddaughter also received the Covid-19 vaccine. She lived with her daughter Ruth.

At the time of her death, she had 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter.

Mendaro Guichon died in Durazno, Uruguay on 4 February 2022 at the age of 110 years, 45 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known living woman in Uruguay, behind Blanca Luisa Cuitino Barbier, and the third-oldest known living Uruguayan person overall, behind Blanca Luisa Cuitino Barbier and Valoy Ortiz.

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