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 Else Rönsch at age 110 | |
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Else Roensch (German: Rönsch) (17 March 1904 - 5 October 2015) was a German supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Germany from the death of Margarete Dannheimer on 2 July 2015 until her own death three months later.
Biography
Rönsch was born in Ahlbeck in 1904 as oldest of three siblings to a plumber and worked in the family establishment as office clerk. Else Rönsch was not married until the age of 66. Finding true love was hard work, she revealed on her 110th birthday. Until 2010, she was living on her own. Aged 106 she left her hometown Ahlbeck and moved into a nursing home in Heringsdorf where she was visited by her relatives from time to time. Rönsch never had children. At her 110th birthday she claimed to be a young woman hidden in a old coat.
Rönsch died on 5 October 2015 at the age of 111 years and 202 days after she became Heringsdorf's first honorary citizen in September 2015. Rönsch was preceded in death by 110 year-old Herta Oeser.
References
- Else Rönsch ist 108 Jahre geworden Kaiserbäder Bote. 18 April 2012
- Älteste Deutsche lebt auf der Insel Usedom Ostsee-Zeitung. 10 July 2015
- Älteste Usedomerin ist gestorben Ostsee-Zeitung. 10 October 2015