Vertulie Giordani | |
Giordani on her 111th birthday in 2015 | |
Birth: | 18 March 1904 Hinche, Centre, Haiti |
Death: | 30 October 2016 Palm Bay, Florida, USA |
Age: | 112 years, 226 days |
Country: | HAI USA |
Validated |
Vertulie Giordani (née Brizard; 18 March 1904 – 30 October 2016) was a Haitian-American supercentenarian who was one of the oldest known living people in Florida at the time of her death. Her age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2022. She is currently the oldest known (documented) person ever from Haiti.
Biography[]
Vertulie Giordani was born in Hinche, Centre, Haiti on 18 March 1904.
She was a nurse and attended Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. She married Brunel Giordani in 1930. The couple had five children (including Max Giordani, and Jacqueline Giordani-Riviere). She was widowed in 1967. She moved to the USA in 1970.
On her 111th birthday in 2015, she was blind and partially deaf, and her oldest child Max Giordani was 85 years.
Giordani died in Palm Bay, Florida, USA on 30 October 2016 at the age of 112 years, 226 days.
References[]
- 2022 validations, Gerontology Research Group
- Las personas más longevas Supercentenarios Latinoamericanos (LAS)
- Vertulie Giordani Ancestry.com
- 111-year-old Palm Bay resident feeling 'Tres bien!' Florida Today, 23 March 2015
- Death mention Twitter, 31 October 2016
- Obituary Legacy
- Vertulie Giordani Find A Grave