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Mathilde Ebberink-Vonk
Mathilde Ebberink-Vonk
Unvalidated

Mathilde Elisabeth Agatha (Til) Ebberink-Vonk (born 21 May 1909) is a Dutch supercentenarian who is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Mathilde Ebberink-Vonk was born in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands on 21 May 1909.

With her husband, she ran a shop in business and professional clothing. The couple had six children; two of them were no longer alive on her 110th birthday. Her husband died in 1985 at the age of 75. Since then, she lived alone independently until the age of 98.

For two years she has been in a wheelchair after she broke an arm in the event of a fall and could no longer lean on her walker. She also has hearing problems and, according to her son, deafness is the most troublesome to her,

She celebrated her 110th birthday on 21 May 2019. She presently lives in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands. As of January 2020, she is the second-oldest known living person from The Netherlands, behind Anna Brasz-Later and only the second supercentenarian ever from Overijssel after Gerritdina Schellevis-Slaghuis.

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