Josefina Neto de Assis Silveira

Josefina Net(t)o de Assis Silveira (22 March 1902 – 24 March 2015) was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Neto de Assis Silveira was born on 22 March 1902 in Rio Espera (or Lamim), Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her parents were Luiz Gonzaga de Assis and Adelaide Netto de Assis. Her maternal grandfather was Jose Francisco Netto (1827–1886). In the early hours of 19 May 1910, she saw Halley's Comet on the sky.

On 22 February 1930, she married Jacob Nogueira da Silveira (1905–1982) in Rio Espera, Minas Gerais. Her husband was a dentist, merchant and councilman. They had three children - Aloisio, Jose and Geraldo (aged 71 in 2013), and they adopted another one child, Nazinha (aged 86 in 2013).

In the late 1950s, the couple and children moved to Sao Paulo after Jacob received an invitation from his friend to work there.

Neto de Assis Silveira passed away on 24 March 2015 in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 113 years, 2 days.