| Yoki Yonehara | |
 Yoki Yonehara at the age of 110 | |
| Birth: | 2 March 1892 Kamou, Ohara, Shimane Prefecture, Japan |
| Death: | 4 January 2005 Shimane Prefecture, Japan |
| Age: | 112 years, 308 days |
| Country: |  JPN
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| Validated | |
Yoki Yonehara (2 March 1892 – 4 January 2005) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the 14th-oldest validated person in the world at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Yoki Yonehara was born in Kamou, Ohara, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on 2 March 1892. Her claim was verified by Yasuhiko Saito and validated by the GRG on 16 January 2003.
Yonehara's father was a farmer, and as was common for country girls at the time, she was schooled up to fourth grade. To support her family, she took a leave of absence from the school and worked as a babysitter. She enjoyed maths and reading, and taught herself to read kanji characters. Yonehara later finished her education, and continued her job until she married. She later gave birth to five children, all of whom she outlived; two of them died young, and the remaining three died in their 80s.
After marrying, Yonehara spent her life cooking, never serving pre-packaged foods. She was widowed at the age of 69, after which she moved in with her eldest son and took care of his children. She enjoyed teaching maths, and was often involved in events at her grandchildren's school. On Sundays, she would walk a long distance to her husband's grave and to a Nazarene church.
In her later years, Yonehara lived in a hospital, and was considered important to the staff; she often had lunch at a nearby noodle shop.
Yonehara died in Shimane Prefecture, Japan on 4 January 2005 at the age of 112 years, 308 days. She was the oldest known person in Shimane Prefecture at the time of her death.
References[]
- Table A – Verified Supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
- 1892 Gallery Gerontology Research Group
- Deaths for 2005 (in Chronological Order) Gerontology Research Group
- Earth's Elders: The Wisdom of the World's Oldest People, by Jerry Friedman