Clarida Roy

Clarida Roy
Birth:	19 October 1863 Quebec, Canada
Death:	18 May 1974 Maine, USA
Age:	110 years, 211 days
Country:	CANUSA
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Clarida Roy (née Roy) (19 October 1863 – 18 May 1974) was a Canadian-American verified supercentenarian.

Biography

Roy was born in Quebec, Canada. She married Pierre Roy (coincidentally, her maiden name was Roy as well) and the couple had 12 children in total. He died in 1946 at the age of 85.

When Roy was 101, she had a fall in her house and fractured her hip. Before this incident, she had only been sick once; in her 90s. Initially, she didn't want to see a doctor, but the pain became unbearable eventually. She was taken to the hospital and had a surgery. Subsequently, she was forced to start using a walker. Her mind was still very sharp at the time of her 102nd birthday, and she was confident that she'd be around next year. Four of her kids were still alive at the time; she lived together with one of them.

Roy had a passion for food, avoided smoking and enjoyed the company of others. She was a fan of baseball and used to watch the World Series on television. Her secret to longevity was to "mind my own business" and "take one day at a time and make the most of it". She died in Maine, United States, on 18 May 1974. Her final age was 110 years, 211 days. She was the fifth oldest living person in the world at the time of her death. Only Mito Umeta, Elizabeth Donovan (unverified), Carrie Wood (unverified), and Niwa Kawamoto were older.

References

• Deaths In The 1970s (in Chronological Order [by Death Date]) GRG (as of May 1, 2014)
• The Lewiston Daily Sun, October 16, 1965
• The Lewiston Daily Sun, October 19, 1970
• Clarida Roy Roy Find A Grave

United States' Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Clarida Roy • Mary Bittlebrun • Sophia DeMuth • Fannie Thomas • Nellie Spencer • Emma Wilson • Augusta Holtz • Mary McKinney • Florence Knapp • Orpha Nusbaum • Delphia Welford • Margaret Skeete • Wilhelmina Kott • Georgia Ella Jordan • Sarah Knauss • Myrtle Dorsey • Maud Farris-Luse • Grace Clawson • Adelina Domingues • Mae Harrington • Mary Christian • Elena Slough • Charlotte Benkner • Emma Verona Johnston • Elizabeth Bolden • Emma Tillman • Corinne Dixon Taylor • Edna Parker • Gertrude Baines • Mary Josephine Ray • Neva Morris • Eunice Sanborn • Besse Cooper • Dina Manfredini • Gertrude Weaver • Jeralean Talley • Susannah Mushatt Jones • Goldie Michelson • Adele Dunlap • Delphine Gibson • Ophelia Burks • Lessie Brown • Alelia Murphy • Hester Ford • Thelma Sutcliffe • Bessie Hendricks • Edie Ceccarelli • Elizabeth Francis