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Louise Godejohann
Louise Godejohann
Birth: 31 December 1849
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Death: 30 June 1960
Olney, Illinois, USA
Age: 110 years, 182 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Unvalidated

Louise Godejohann (née Lubben; 31 December 1849 – 30 June 1960) was an unvalidated American supercentenarian.

Louise Irene was born in St. Louis, Missouri as the daughter of Henry and Mary Lubben. The family moved to Fayetteville, St. Clair, Illinois when Louise was a young child. She lost her father early and her mother remarried to Louise’s future husband's father. Louise married William Godejohann in Fayetteville on 3 October 1871 and thereafter moved to Olney, where William was a pioneer cigar maker.

The couple had four children, three of which Louise outlived. She was widowed in 1930 and spent her last years living with her daughter Lulu in Olney. Louise Godejohann died in Olney, Illinois on 30 June 1960, aged 110 years, 182 days.

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