Felicitas Van Oudenhove

Felicitas van Oudenhove (6 December 1908) - Belgian supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group.

Mrs Felicitas Van Oudenhove was born in Ninove on 6 December 1908. At the time she was 20, she married Louis De Wilde, an agricultural engineer from Leuven. Together they left for Congo in 1928. Her husband built a plantation there and was later active in higher agricultural education. The couple had 11 children together, of whom sever are alive. When their eldest son was ready for the university in 1946, the large family came back to Belgium. Mrs Van Oudenhove's husband died in 1990, and Felicitas continued to live alone until she was aged 102. Then she decided to move into the Zonnehove residential care center in Sint-Denijs-Westrem.

Mrs. Van Oudenhove has 7 children, 33 grandchildren, 63 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. She enjoys playing scrabble, with extra large letters.