Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker at age 109

Centenarian

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker (née Hunziker) (born 11 January 1908) is currently Switzerland's oldest living person since the passing of Frieda Binz-Schoch on 28 December 2017. She is currently 116 years, 98 days old.

Biography

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker was born on 11 January 1908 in Reitnau, canton Aargau. She was the youngest of three children. She spent her childhood in Reitnau and then later worked as a seller in a store in Zurich. As she worked there she moved to her sister who lived in Uster. She met her future husband, Jakob Schaufelberger, at her workplace. Before the Second World War started, they got married in Zurich. Nowadays, she enjoys reading the newspaper, reading the Bible, listening to music, and watching TV.

References

• Die kleine Frau mit dem grossen geburstagTagesanzeiger. 9 January 2015
• Alice Schaufelberg feirt den 109 geburstagLokalinfo AG. 11 January 2017