Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker

Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker at age 109

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Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker (née Hunziker) (born 11 January 1908) is a Swiss supercentenarian who has been 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.

Hunziker 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.

Her sister Pauline Herrmann-Hunziker lived to the age of 107 years, 289 days (5 May 1903 – 18 February 2011).

References

• Die kleine Frau mit dem grossen geburstag Tagesanzeiger. 9 January 2015
• Alice Schaufelberg feirt den 109 geburstag Lokalinfo AG. 11 January 2017
• Alice Schaufelberg wird heute 110 jahre Lokalinfo, 11 January 2018

Switzerland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Giustina Giardino-Bianco • Ada Duvoisin • Fritz Bosch • Bertha Bournoud-Bucher • Anita Canonica • Suzanne Monney-Perrin • Marie Huber-Christen • Maria Schaerer-Burckhardt • Andree Fehr-de Boulay • Cecile Ida Ritter • Emma Duvoisin • Hanna Schiess • Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede • Frieda Schopf • Sophie Hew-Schenker • Catherine Amoos • Jules Nidegger • Emma Soller-Kellenberger • Maria Siegrist-Stampfli • Suzanne Jaccard • Anna Ringier-Kieser • Rosa Rein • Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger • Pierre Gremion • Louise Mafli • Hedwig Hosig-Huggler • Alice Roffler-Waldmeier • Nina Hofer-Lustenberger • Lucrezia Furceri • Germaine Broyon • Helli Stehle • Frieda Binz-Schoch • Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker • Marie Guerne • Anna Furrer