| Gerontology Research Group | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order[*]) | (as of March 3, 2013) | ||||||||||||||||
| * Sorted by Death Date | |||||||||||||||||
| No. | Birthplace | Place of death | Name (generally known as) | Born | Died | Years | Days | Total Days | R | S | Validated By | Validated By2 | Validated By3 | Validated By4 | Acceptance Date | Application Date | Photo? |
| 1 | Portugal | USA (Massachusetts) | Mary Marques | Feb. 11, 1896 | Jan. 3, 2008 | 111 | 326 | 40868 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Thomas Breining | June 20, 2006 | N/A | Y | ||
| 2 | Japan | Japan (Wakayama) | Miyae Nishiyama | Jan. 10, 1896 | Jan. 16, 2008 | 112 | 6 | 40913 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Ken Matsuoka | Robert Young | Nov. 22, 2006 | N/A | ||
| 3 | France | France | Louis de Cazenave | Oct. 16, 1897 | Jan. 20, 2008 | 110 | 96 | 40272 | W | M | Robert Young | Jan. 20, 2008 | Oct. 16, 2007 | Y | |||
| 4 | Japan | Japan (Gifu) | Suwa Kondou | Nov. 15, 1897 | Jan. 22, 2008 | 110 | 68 | 40244 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Stefan Gelow | Feb. 15, 2008 | Jan. 23, 2008 | Y | ||
| 5 | USA (Massachusetts) | USA (Massachusetts) | Gertrude Lewis | Dec. 19, 1897 | Jan. 30, 2008 | 110 | 42 | 40218 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Robert Young | Mar. 2, 2008 | Feb. 10, 2008 | |||
| 6 | Japan | Japan (Miyazaki) | Haya Kurogi | Jan. 10, 1897 | Feb. 2, 2008 | 111 | 23 | 40564 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Hamish Todd | Ken Matsuoka | Aug. 14, 2007 | Aug. 10, 2007 | Y | |
| 7 | Japan | Japan (Shizuoka) | Kayo Miyazaki | Sept. 17, 1897 | Feb. 8, 2008 | 110 | 144 | 40320 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Stefan Gelow | Feb. 27, 2008 | Feb. 9, 2008 | |||
| 8 | United Kingdom (England) | United Kingdom (England) | Eleanor Thatcher | Sept. 19, 1897 | Feb. 13, 2008 | 110 | 147 | 40323 | W | F | Jan Hadanma | Melissa Page | Apr. 13, 2008 | Feb. 25, 2008 | |||
| 9 | USA (Oregon) | USA (Washington) | Alta Moore | Jan. 29, 1898 | Feb. 14, 2008 | 110 | 16 | 40192 | W | F | Stefan Gelow | Filipe Prista Lucas | Mark Muir | Mar. 3, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2008 | ||
| 10 | USA (Indiana) | USA (Indiana) | Harvey Hite | Nov. 15, 1897 | Feb. 16, 2008 | 110 | 93 | 40269 | W | M | Robert Young | Filipe Prista Lucas | Thomas Breining | Jan. 16, 2008 | Nov. 23, 2007 | Y | |
| 11 | Japan | Japan (Kochi) | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | May 21, 1894 | Feb. 22, 2008 | 113 | 277 | 41549 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Ken Matsuoka | Sept. 21, 2004 | N/A | |||
| 12 | United Kingdom (England) | United Kingdom (England) | B. Ethel Darby | Jan. 6, 1898 | Feb. 25, 2008 | 110 | 50 | 40226 | W | F | Robert Young | Dave Madden | Feb. 23, 2008 | Jan. 16, 2008 | |||
| 13 | Japan | Japan (Hyogo) | Kaya Kataoka | Apr. 1, 1897 | Feb. 27, 2008 | 110 | 332 | 40508 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Ken Matsuoka | Stefan Gelow | Apr. 7, 2008 | Mar. 2, 2008 | ||
| 14 | United Kingdom (England) | United Kingdom (England) | Minnie Smith | Jan. 5, 1898 | Mar. 3, 2008 | 110 | 58 | 40234 | W | F | Jan Hadanma | Andrew Holmes | Melissa Page | June 28, 2009 | Feb. 29, 2008 | Y | |
| 15 | Japan | Japan (Nara) | Tatsuno Ioda | Jan. 2, 1897 | Mar. 4, 2008 | 111 | 62 | 40603 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Hamish Todd | Ken Matsuoka | Sept. 19, 2007 | Sept. 7, 2007 | ||
| 16 | Netherlands | Netherlands | Antonia Plaat-Kolenbrander | Jan. 6, 1898 | Mar. 9, 2008 | 110 | 63 | 40239 | W | F | Gert Jan Kuiper | Apr. 2, 2008 | Mar. 16, 2008 | ||||
| 17 | France | France | Marcelle-Jeanne Colas | July 28, 1897 | Mar. 11, 2008 | 110 | 227 | 40403 | W | F | Jean-Marie Robine | Christine Perrier | Jan. 22, 2009 | Dec. 18, 2008 | Y | ||
| 18 | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | France (Val-de Marne Dpt) | Lazare Ponticelli | Dec. 7, 1897 | Mar. 12, 2008 | 110 | 96 | 40272 | W | M | Giovanni Alunni | Jan. 23, 2008 | Dec. 10, 2007 | Y | |||
| 19 | USA (New York) | USA (New York) | Ruth Emblow | Feb. 6, 1898 | Mar. 16, 2008 | 110 | 39 | 40215 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | May 4, 2008 | Mar. 18, 2008 | Y | |||
| 20 | USA (Maine) | USA (Maine) | Blanche Chevrier | Feb. 20, 1898 | Mar. 20, 2008 | 110 | 29 | 40205 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Mar. 24, 2008 | Feb. 20, 2008 | ||||
| 21 | USA (Texas) | USA (Texas) | Arbella Ewing | Mar. 13, 1894 | Mar. 22, 2008 | 114 | 9 | 41647 | B | F | Robert Young | Filipe Prista Lucas | May 17, 2006 | N/A | Y | ||
| 22 | Germany | Germany | Frieda Tessmer | Aug. 5, 1897 | Mar. 28, 2008 | 110 | 236 | 40412 | W | F | Thomas Breining | Stefan Jamin | Sept. 30, 2010 | July 11, 2009 | |||
| 23 | USA (Minnesota) | USA (Illinois) | Charlessa Wiggins | Feb. 9, 1898 | Mar. 29, 2008 | 110 | 49 | 40225 | W | F | Robert Young | Filipe Prista Lucas | Felix Kommnick | Mar. 1, 2008 | Feb. 9, 2008 | Y | |
| T24 | Japan | Japan (Aichi) | Kaku Yamanaka | Dec. 11, 1894 | Apr. 5, 2008 | 113 | 116 | 41388 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Ken Matsuoka | Oct. 9, 2005 | N/A | Y | ||
| T24 | Italy | Italy | Lucia Rangone-Casalegno | Jan. 15, 1898 | Apr. 5, 2008 | 110 | 81 | 40257 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Mar. 21, 2008 | Feb. 26, 2008 | ||||
| 26 | Italy | Italy | Anna Monti-Arnaboldi | Oct. 19, 1897 | Apr. 6, 2008 | 110 | 170 | 40346 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Dec. 26, 2007 | Nov. 6, 2007 | Y | |||
| T27 | Austria-Hungary | USA (Connecticut) | Elizabeth Stefan | May 13, 1895 | Apr. 9, 2008 | 112 | 332 | 41239 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | June 12, 2006 | N/A | Y | |||
| T27 | USA (Mississippi) | USA (Michigan) | Nellie Jones | Jan. 30, 1897 | Apr. 9, 2008 | 111 | 70 | 40611 | B | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Robert Young | Jan. 25, 2008 | Jan. 30, 2007 | Y | ||
| T29 | USA (Alabama) | USA (Alabama) | Cora Boggs Gentry | Apr. 14, 1897 | Apr. 11, 2008 | 110 | 363 | 40539 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Robert Young | Emile Alt | Feb. 24, 2008 | Sept. 13, 2007 | Y | |
| T29 | Italy | Italy | Angela Sottili-Feroldi | Feb. 21, 1898 | Apr. 11, 2008 | 110 | 50 | 40226 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Apr. 16, 2008 | Mar. 14, 2008 | ||||
| 31 | Germany | USA (Oregon) | Helen Johnson | July 20, 1896 | Apr. 17, 2008 | 111 | 272 | 40813 | W | F | Robert Young | Jeff Knight | July 23, 2006 | N/A | Y | ||
| 32 | USA (California) | USA (California) | Chrissie Martenstein | June 9, 1897 | Apr. 18, 2008 | 110 | 314 | 40490 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Jan. 28, 2008 | Dec. 11, 2007 | Y | |||
| 33 | Sweden | Sweden | Hulda Carlsson | Feb. 2, 1898 | Apr. 22, 2008 | 110 | 80 | 40256 | W | F | Celvin Ruisdael | Apr. 23, 2008 | Apr. 3, 2008 | ||||
| 34 | United Kingdom (Scotland) | United Kingdom (England) | Mary Brown | Sept. 5, 1897 | Apr. 24, 2008 | 110 | 232 | 40408 | W | F | Andrew Holmes | Melissa Page | May 11, 2011 | May 8, 2009 | Y | ||
| 35 | Italy | Italy | Maria Campagna | Aug. 1, 1897 | May 2, 2008 | 110 | 275 | 40451 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Oct. 8, 2007 | Sept. 12, 2007 | ||||
| 36 | Italy | Italy | Maria-Lucia Ugual-Pistrelli | Apr. 3, 1898 | May 3, 2008 | 110 | 30 | 40207 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | May 12, 2008 | Apr. 8, 2008 | ||||
| 37 | Sweden | Sweden | Astrid Zachrison | May 15, 1895 | May 15, 2008 | 113 | 0 | 41273 | W | F | Foti Tillo | June 2, 2005 | N/A | Y | |||
| 38 | Austria-Hungary | Germany | Franziska Maier | Apr. 23, 1898 | May 20, 2008 | 110 | 27 | 40204 | W | F | Stefan Jamin | Jan. 14, 2009 | June 20, 2008 | ||||
| 39 | Colombia | Colombia | Daniel Guzman-Garcia | Feb. 6, 1897 | May 21, 2008 | 111 | 105 | 40646 | H | M | Robert Young | Miguel Quesada | Mar. 22, 2008 | Feb. 15, 2007 | Y | ||
| 40 | France | France | Clementine Solignac | Sept. 7, 1894 | May 25, 2008 | 113 | 261 | 41533 | W | F | Laurent Toussaint | Sept. 29, 2004 | N/A | Y | |||
| 41 | Netherlands | Netherlands | Willemina Everdina Hol | Feb. 3, 1898 | June 5, 2008 | 110 | 123 | 40299 | W | F | Gert Jan Kuiper | Apr. 22, 2008 | Mar. 16, 2008 | ||||
| 42 | Austria-Hungary | Austria | Hermina Dunz | Feb. 24, 1898 | June 14, 2008 | 110 | 111 | 40287 | W | F | Thomas Breining | Stefan Jamin | June 13, 2009 | Jan. 2, 2009 | |||
| 43 | United Kingdom (England) | Canada (Alberta) | Bessie Roffey | Mar. 2, 1897 | June 17, 2008 | 111 | 107 | 40649 | W | F | Robert Young | Sept. 15, 2007 | Aug. 10, 2007 | Y | |||
| 44 | Russian Empire | Germany | Lina von Veh | Feb. 17, 1898 | June 19, 2008 | 110 | 123 | 40299 | W | F | Thomas Breining | May 21, 2011 | Nov. 3, 2009 | ||||
| 45 | Japan | Japan (Hyogo) | Sue Morino | Mar. 18, 1898 | June 20, 2008 | 110 | 94 | 40271 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Stefan Gelow | July 25, 2008 | June 21, 2008 | Y | ||
| 46 | USA (Pennsylvania) | USA (Ohio) | Stella Cooley | Nov. 6, 1897 | June 23, 2008 | 110 | 230 | 40406 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Robert Young | Mar. 13, 2008 | Feb. 12, 2008 | |||
| 47 | Italy | Italy | Antonia Pampaluna-Marconi | Feb. 15, 1898 | July 4, 2008 | 110 | 140 | 40316 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Apr. 24, 2008 | Mar. 15, 2008 | ||||
| 48 | France (Aisnes Dept) | France (Ardennes Dept) | Denise Fétrot | Jan. 27, 1898 | July 15, 2008 | 110 | 170 | 40346 | W | F | Martin Miet | Feb. 25, 2013 | July 28, 2010 | Y | |||
| 49 | Japan | Japan (Okayama) | Masatake Kinoshita | Aug. 20, 1897 | July 17, 2008 | 110 | 332 | 40508 | O | M | Japan (MHLW) | Hamish Todd | Ken Matsuoka | Jan. 19, 2008 | Dec. 17, 2007 | ||
| 50 | USA (Missouri) | USA (Missouri) | Delpha Johnson | May 21, 1898 | July 22, 2008 | 110 | 62 | 40239 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | July 15, 2008 | June 4, 2008 | Y | |||
| 51 | Canada (Ontario) | Canada (Ontario) | Mary Sloan | June 11, 1898 | Aug. 12, 2008 | 110 | 62 | 40239 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Louis Epstein | Aug. 7, 2008 | June 26, 2008 | Y | ||
| 52 | Japan | Japan (Kagoshima) | Kiku Nishimura | May 2, 1897 | Aug. 22, 2008 | 111 | 112 | 40654 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Stefan Gelow | Mar. 26, 2008 | Feb. 28, 2008 | Y | ||
| 53 | USA (Illinois) | USA (Illinois) | Cecelia Ruppert | Aug. 17, 1898 | Aug. 31, 2008 | 110 | 14 | 40191 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Feb. 8, 2009 | Aug. 21, 2008 | Y | |||
| 54 | USA (Ohio) | USA (New Jersey) | Walter Seward | Oct. 13, 1896 | Sept. 14, 2008 | 111 | 337 | 40878 | W | M | Filipe Prista Lucas | Robert Young | Oct. 14, 2006 | N/A | Y | ||
| 55 | United Kingdom (Scotland) | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Alexina Calvert | Aug. 13, 1898 | Sept. 19, 2008 | 110 | 37 | 40214 | W | F | Melissa Page | Sept. 15, 2008 | Aug. 31, 2008 | ||||
| 56 | France | France | Fernande Revel | Sept. 2, 1898 | Oct. 12, 2008 | 110 | 40 | 40217 | W | F | Luc Le Lay | Martin Miet | June 18, 2011 | Apr. 4, 2011 | Y | ||
| 57 | USA (Missouri) | USA (Iowa) | Claudia Ketcham | Dec. 1, 1897 | Oct. 20, 2008 | 110 | 324 | 40500 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | June 1, 2009 | Oct. 27, 2008 | Y | |||
| 58 | Italy | Italy | Delfino Borroni | Aug. 23, 1898 | Oct. 26, 2008 | 110 | 64 | 40241 | W | M | Giovanni Alunni | Oct. 6, 2008 | Sept. 6, 2008 | Y | |||
| T59 | Italy | Italy | Maria-Elisa Moro-Lucchini | Feb. 11, 1897 | Nov. 2, 2008 | 111 | 265 | 40806 | W | F | Giovanni Alunni | Apr. 17, 2008 | Mar. 15, 2008 | ||||
| T59 | Italy | USA (Ohio) | Mary Acierni | Feb. 14, 1898 | Nov. 2, 2008 | 110 | 262 | 40438 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Giovanni Alunni | Aug. 19, 2009 | Jan. 14, 2009 | |||
| 61 | Germany | Germany | Emma Joisten | June 21, 1898 | Nov. 8, 2008 | 110 | 140 | 40317 | W | F | Thomas Breining | Stefan Jamin | June 17, 2010 | May 29, 2009 | |||
| 62 | Spain | Spain | Dolors Subirana-Compte | July 18, 1897 | Nov. 9, 2008 | 111 | 114 | 40656 | W | F | Miguel Quesada | Jan. 4, 2010 | July 22, 2009 | ||||
| 63 | USA (California) | USA (California) | Viola Koch | May 24, 1897 | Nov. 11, 2008 | 111 | 171 | 40713 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | L. Stephen Coles | Jan. 20, 2008 | June 7, 2007 | Y | ||
| T64 | Japan | Japan (Okinawa) | Tsuru Tokashiki | June 24, 1897 | Nov. 16, 2008 | 111 | 145 | 40687 | O | F | Japan (MHLW) | Hamish Todd | D. Craig Willcox | Feb. 16, 2008 | Jan. 24, 2008 | Y | |
| T64 | USA (Indiana) | USA (Indiana) | Lula Lykins | Feb. 3, 1898 | Nov. 16, 2008 | 110 | 287 | 40463 | W | F | Stefan Gelow | Robert Young | Mar. 21, 2010 | Mar. 2, 2009 | Y | ||
| 66 | USA (Nebraska) | USA (Nebraska) | Abeline Spiehs | Sept. 4, 1898 | Nov. 24, 2008 | 110 | 81 | 40258 | W | F | E. A. Kral | Oct. 7, 2008 | Sept. 5, 2008 | ||||
| 67 | USA (Indiana) | USA (Indiana) | Edna Parker | Apr. 20, 1893 | Nov. 26, 2008 | 115 | 220 | 42223 | W | F | Robert Young | Apr. 1, 2005 | N/A | Y | |||
| 68 | USA (North Carolina) | USA (North Carolina) | Susie Alston | July 6, 1898 | Nov. 28, 2008 | 110 | 145 | 40322 | B | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Aug. 23, 2009 | Jan. 22, 2009 | ||||
| 69 | USA (Minnesota) | USA (Minnesota) | Catherine Hagel | Nov. 28, 1894 | Dec. 6, 2008 | 114 | 8 | 41646 | W | F | Robert Young | Sept. 24, 2005 | N/A | ||||
| 70 | USA (Missouri) | USA (Arkansas) | Betty Rutherford | May 4, 1898 | Dec. 11, 2008 | 110 | 221 | 40398 | W | F | Robert Young | Filipe Prista Lucas | June 20, 2008 | May 6, 2008 | Y | ||
| 71 | USA (Rhode Island) | USA (Pennsylvania) | Mary Higley | Aug. 10, 1898 | Dec. 25, 2008 | 110 | 137 | 40314 | W | F | Filipe Prista Lucas | Nov. 27, 2008 | Oct. 15, 2008 | ||||
| 72 | USA (Louisiana) | USA (California) | George Francis | June 6, 1896 | Dec. 27, 2008 | 112 | 204 | 41111 | B | M | Jeff Scott | Robert Young | June 14, 2007 | Dec. 7, 2006 | Y | ||