Jane Markle

Jane Kilgore Markle (née Zimmerman; 10 October 1883 – 12 March 1997) was an American supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Markle was born as Jane Kilgore Zimmerman in Pennsylvania, United States, on 10 October 1883. She later married Robert Markle, who died in 1970. At the age of 109, she lived alone and did her own housework. Her age was verified by the SSA and Kestenbaum studies and validated by the GRG on 10 August 2002.

Markle died in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, USA, on 12 March 1997 at the age of 113 years, 153 days. At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known person in Pennsylvania (behind Sarah Knauss) and the ninth-oldest known person in the world.