| Cecile Klein | |
 Cecile Klein two weeks before her 108th birthday | |
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Cecile Edith Klein (née Efros; born 15 June 1907) is a Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She is currently the oldest validated, living person in Canada.
Biography
Klein was born on 15 June 1907 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Polish-born Jewish parents Louis Efros (1881–1950) and Rachel Pearson Efros (1887–1965). She married Israeli-born Erwin Klein (1905–1999) on 5 June 1932, and they were married for 67 years. The couple had three children: Harriet, Arnold, and Louise.
Klein reportedly received her first dose of the Covid-19 Vaccine in December 2020.
Following the death of Phyllis Ridgway on 4 June 2021, Klein became the oldest validated, living person in Canada.
Klein currently lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 116 years, 308 days.
References
- Cecile Edith Efros Cousins Connection
- Pre-110th Birthday Confirmation Facebook, 9 June 2017
- At 111, Cecile Klein is a witness to Montreal history The Senior Times, 5 July 2018
- 112th Birthday Mitchell Brownstein, Facebook, 14 June 2019
- 113th Birthday Facebook, 15 June 2020
- 1907 Gallery Gerontology Research Group
- Important information about the vaccine distribution and the Covid-19 situation in Cote Saint Luc Mitchell Brownstein on Facebook, 16 December 2020
Gallery
| Canada's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Flore Beland • Emma Bingham • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Agnes Munce • Nellie Thompson • Alice Sjoquist • Lillian Ross • Marie-Louise Meilleur • Marie-Louise Meunier • Maria Mallozzi • Zelda McCague • Fanny Martland • Evangeline Saulnier • Anne Samson • Julie Winnefred Bertrand • Jennie Fitzgerald • Margaret Fitzgerald • Pearl Lutzko • Cora Hansen • Yvonne Lamoureux • Merle Barwis • Colombe Benoit-Leclerc • Orma Slack • Marguerite Wabano • Lilian Cornell • Ellen Gibb • Sarah Patenaude-Bruyere • Phyllis Ridgway • Cecile Klein • Shige Mineshiba • Mabel Mah • Helen Doan |