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Marie-Simone Capony
Marie-Simone Capony
Birth: 14 March 1894
Rhone-Alpes, France
Death: 15 September 2007
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azuron, France
Age: 113 years, 185 days
Country: FranceFRA
Validated

Marie-Simone Capony (14 March 1894 – 15 September 2007) was a validated French supercentenarian.

Biography

Marie-Simone Capony was born in Rhone-Alpes, France on 14 March 1894 and died in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azuron, France on 15 September 2007 at the age of 113 years, 185 days[1]. Of nine siblings, she was the last survivor. Her fiancé was killed at the beginning of the First World War, therefore she never married and had no children.

On 12 August 2006, she became the oldest living person in France, following the death of Camille Loiseau. She remains the oldest person ever from Rhone-Alpes.

References


France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Marie LangloisRose SardaCalixte RazimbaudCatherine MoucheAuguste DecateDesiree DeloryFerdinise Nebolle • Georgette JeanmaireEugenie MarchandEugenie ProuxEmilie CoqueranLaurence EntiopeMarie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Elvire Mendiboure • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile RandonMarie-Rose Tessier

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