Marie Guerne

Marie Guerne
Marie Guerne at age 105.
Birth:	26 March 1912 Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
Age:	109 years, 179 days
Country:	SUI
Centenarian

Marie Guerne (born 26 March 1912) is a Swiss centenarian who is currently the oldest known living person in Switzerland.

Biography

Marie Guerne was born in Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland on 26 March 1912. She married Henri Guerne in 1937.

In April 2019, when she was 107, Guerne met with 100 year-old Verene Cuenin and 100 year-old Elisabeth Domon, which set the combined age of 307 years.

She became the oldest known living person in Switzerland since the death of Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker on 16 November 2020, and the oldest known living person born in Switzerland following the death of Anna Leglise on 9 March 2021.

Marie Guerne currently lives in Orvin, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 109 years, 179 days.

Gallery

Marie Guerne (aged 107) with Verene Cuenin (aged 100) and Elisabeth Domon (aged 100) in April 2019.

References

• Elle défile à l'âge de 100 ans! Journal du Jura, 20 August 2012
• A 105 ans, elle demeure active Arcinfo.ch, 27 March 2017
• Marie Guerne, 105 ans, toujours partante pour une activité (pdf), April 2017
• Une troisième centenaire fêtée à la Résidence Les Roches Journal du Jura, 1 April 2019
• 108th birthday confirmation, 24 April 2020
• Confirmation alive at 109, 25 April 2021

Switzerland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Giustina Giardino-Bianco • Ada Duvoisin • Fritz Bosch • Bertha Bournoud-Bucher • Anita Canonica • Suzanne Monney-Perrin • Marie Huber-Christen • Andree Fehr-de Boulay • Cecile Ida Ritter • Emma Duvoisin • Hanna Schiess • Mathilde Bonzo-Wrede • Frieda Schopf • Sophie Hew-Schenker • Catherine Amoos • Jules Nidegger • Emma Soller-Kellenberger • Maria Siegrist-Stampfli • Suzanne Jaccard • Anna Ringier-Kieser • Rosa Rein • Adelheid Wehrle-Rieger • Pierre Gremion • Louise Mafli • Hedwig Hosig-Huggler • Alice Roffler-Waldmeier • Nina Hofer-Lustenberger • Lucrezia Furceri • Germaine Broyon • Helene Stehle • Frieda Binz-Schoch • Alice Schaufelberger-Hunziker • Marie Guerne