Beulah Meloche | |
Beulah Meloche in November 2019 | |
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Beulah Meloche (born 5 December 1906) is an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group.
Biography
Meloche was born in Chazy, New York, and grew up in nearby Plattsburgh. She claims to have been born on 23 November 1906, but the validation process concluded that she was born on 5 December 1906.
For many years, Meloche worked as a caregiver for children. She never had children of her own. She had three sisters: Mabel, Edith, and Matilda. She was married to Armand Meloche before his death on 1 July 1972.
Meloche has lived in a nursing home in Ogdensburg, New York, since 2011. She became the oldest living person in the state of New York following the death of 114 year-old Alelia Murphy on 23 November 2019.
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References
- Ogdensburg’s most senior citizen celebrates 110 years Watertown Daily Times, 23 November 2016
- CELEBRATING BEULAH MELOCHE'S 111TH BIRTHDAY Congressional Record, 30 November 2017
- Ogdensburg resident, 111, is oldest person in New York Adirondack Daily Enterprise, 28 May 2018
- Claimed 113th birthday Facebook