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− | '''Marjorie Cooke''' (5 January 1906 – 1 September 2017) was a [[List of Australian supercentenarians|Australian supercentenarian]] who was the oldest living person in Australia following the death of Welsh-born Australian [[Mary Whitehurst]] on 2 January 2017. Her age and date of birth have been confirmed and she is listed on Wikipedia, (List of Australian supercentenarians) with online citations. |
+ | '''Marjorie Cooke''' (5 January 1906 – 1 September 2017) was a [[List of Australian supercentenarians|Australian supercentenarian]] who was the oldest living person in Australia following the death of Welsh-born Australian [[Mary Whitehurst]] on 2 January 2017. Her age and date of birth have been confirmed and she is listed on Wikipedia, (List of Australian supercentenarians) with online citations. |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Marjorie Cooke (5 January 1906 – 1 September 2017) was a Australian supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Australia following the death of Welsh-born Australian Mary Whitehurst on 2 January 2017. Her age and date of birth have been confirmed and she is listed on Wikipedia, (List of Australian supercentenarians) with online citations.
Biography
Born in Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia, Marjorie married an opera singer and radio announcer, Keith Cooke, both worked variously in real estate. They had two sons, Lyell (now aged 85) and John (now aged 72). The couple spent many happy times travelling the world. In 1950s and 1960s they spent 6 months in Europe and trips to Lebanon, United States, Persia, Iran and Pakistan.
Marjorie Cooke passed away on 1 September 2017 at the residential retirement home BlueCross Cresthaven in East Malvern, Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 111 years, 239 days. Her successor as the oldest known living Australian was Margaret Vivian (born 25 February 1906).
References
- Melbourne’s Marjorie Cooke celebrates 110th birthday in style
- Woman to celebrate 111th birthday in East Malvern on January 5 Herald Sun. 3 January 2017
Australia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
Helen Dunbar • Jessie Pearce • Clara Byrne • Ada Sharp • Honora Corrigan • Mary Keefer • Josephine Gasse • Elizabeth Swatton • Samuel Rowe • Sarah Potter • Jane Piercy • Mary Nixon • Caroline Mockridge • Agnes Dodds • Mary Hurley • Ada Whitfield • Beatrice Pollock • Gertie Nesbitt • Kit St. Clair • Ada Cleggett • Ada Stockdale • Mary MacPherson • Christina Cock • Jessie Hurley • Alice Lindsay • Sarah Davey • Myra Nicholson • E. Beatrice Riley • John Campbell Ross • Miriam Schmierer • Eva McConnell • Jane Gray • Vi Robbins • Ethel Farrell • Mary Whitehurst • Marjorie Cooke • Margaret Vivian • Wilhelmina Overall • Agnes Kluckhenn • Mabel Crosby • Dexter Kruger • Ivy Tate • Ina Reid • Gwen Moore • Catherina van der Linden • Marija Ruljancich |