Helga Doerk

Dr. Helga Doerk (née Schluet) (born 8 February 1908) is an Austrian-German supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is among the top 10 oldest living people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Biography
Helga Doerk was born Helga Schluet on 8 February 1908 in Villach, Carinthia, Austria. In 1925, she moved to Graz, Styria, Austria, and became a teacher of philosophy, German, and English. She got her doctorate in philosophy in 1933. In 1940, she married Wilhelm Doerk and gave birth to a daughter, Gundel (married Blackert), in 1948.

Helga continued teaching until 1976, when she was 68 years old. She was later widowed. At the time of her 100th birthday in 2008, along with her daughter, she had three grandchildren. Throughout her life, she has lived by the motto: “Do not take yourself too seriously, be there for others, and be grateful for what you have.” She still liked to drink cappuccinos and play the piano at the time of her 110th birthday in 2018.

Helga Doerk currently lives in Aachen, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, at the age of. She is among the top 20 oldest living people in Germany.