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Fanny Godin

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Fanny Godin
Fanny Godin on her 111th birthday on 27 May 2013
Born(1902-05-27)27 May 1902
Died(2014-09-07)7 September 2014
(aged 112 years, 103 days)
SpouseJacques Pardon
ChildrenClaude (born 1944)

Fanny Félicie Florentine Pardon-Godin (27 May 1902 – 7 September 2014)[1] was the oldest living person in Belgium since the death of Germaine Degueldre on 11 May 2012.[2]

She was born in Huy, in the province of Liège. She lived in Zoutleeuw, which is part of the province of Flemish Brabant. Godin was, at the time of her death, the second oldest Belgian person ever and one of only two Belgian person to have reached the age of 112.[3] The oldest person ever from Belgium was Joanna Deroover (June 3, 1890 – December 6, 2002).

She married Jacques Pardon (1907-1977) in 1941. They had a daughter, Claude, in 1944. She did not have grandchildren. She was able to swim until she was 109 years old.[3][4]

Godin died at her home in Zoutleeuw, Flemish Brabant, Belgium, aged 112.

References

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  1. "Current Validated Living Supercentenarians (People over the age of 110)". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
  2. "Germaine, doyenne des Belges, s'en est allée". 24 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Oudste Belg wordt 112 jaar 24 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. "109-jarige Fanny Godin neemt duik in Landens zwembad". 21 August 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2014.