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Mary Peel
Mary Peel
Peel on her 106th birthday in 2021, pictured with some of the cards she received
Birth: 3 March 1915
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Death: 18 February 2022
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Age: 106 years, 352 days
Country: CanadaCAN
Centenarian

Mary Alice Peel (née Garabedian, formerly Mouradian; 3 March 1915 – 18 February 2022) was a Canadian centenarian who was one of the oldest known survivors of COVID-19, having recovered from the disease at the age of 105.

Biography[]

Early Life and Marriages[]

Peel was born on 3 March 1915 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada to Boghus and Mary Myrtle (née Hunt) Garabedian. During her childhood, her father developed rheumatoid arthritis and was unable to work, and her mother returned to England for reasons unknown. Peel was forced to quit school and start working at the age of 11, sweeping floors and picking fruit.

At the age of 13, Peel took a job at a canning factory. Three years later, she began working at a zipper factory, where she was employed until getting married. A few years later, while working at Thompson Products, she was almost blinded when she was cutting rust off pipes and shrapnel flew into her eye.

Peel married Mourad Mouradian 1936, and the couple started a dry-cleaning business. They were married until his death from lung cancer in 1977. In 1980, she remarried to Art Peel. They were together until his death from bowel cancer in 1994.

Later Life and COVID-19 Survival[]

Peel moved into a care home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2019. In June 2020, at the age of 105, she contracted COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic. However, by July she had tested negative, making her one of the top 100 oldest known survivors of the disease.

In March 2021, Peel celebrated her 106th birthday. Her family had a goal of getting her 106 birthday cards, but in the end she received over 400. She was also interviewed on television for her birthday. Peel was deeply religious, and said that she "prayed about everything".

Peel died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 18 February 2022, at the age of 106 years, 352 days.

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