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Marcella Humphrey
Marcella Humphrey
Birth: 25 October 1892
Wisconsin, USA
Death: 21 November 2004
Michigan, USA
Age: 112 years, 27 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Marcella Humphrey (25 October 1892 – 21 November 2004) was a validated American supercentenarian and one of Michigan's oldest residents ever when she died.[1]

Biography[]

Marcella Humphrey was born in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, USA, on 25 October 1892. In her youth, she moved from Wisconsin to Michigan, and was a farm wife in Freeport. She and her late husband, George Humphrey, raised 10 children. Marcella attributed her long life to a daily bowl of oatmeal and keeping her stress levels down.[2] She died at the age of 112 at the Thornapple Manor nursing home in Hastings, Michigan, USA, on 21 November 2004. 9 of her 10 children survived her.[3]

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