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This is a list of supercentenarians who died in 2005. The most common source of supercentarian information is the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The GRG has validated the age claims of 82 supercentenarians who died in 2005, of whom 76 are female and 6 are male.[1]

List[]

      Validated       Pending[2]       Unvalidated

Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
Gesuina Donati[1] F 9 June 1893 1 Jan 2005 111 years, 206 days Italy ITA
Maria Muraro[1] F 29 Mar 1892 2 Jan 2005 112 years, 279 days Italy ITA
Toyo Endo[1] F 13 Feb 1892 3 Jan 2005 112 years, 325 days JapanJPN
Yoki Yonehara[1] F 2 Mar 1892 4 Jan 2005 112 years, 308 days JapanJPN
Annie Renfroe-Gary[1] F 14 July 1893 5 Jan 2005 111 years, 175 days United StatesUSA
Earl Brush[1] M 17 July 1893 10 Jan 2005 111 years, 177 days United StatesUSA
Emily Calvert[3] F 30 Aug 1893 13 Jan 2005 111 years, 136 days United Kingdom UK
Teresa Cesarini[1] F 19 June 1894 16 Jan 2005 110 years, 211 days Italy ITA
Hanayo Kami[4] F 15 Sept 1894 18 Jan 2005 110 years, 125 days JapanJPNUnited StatesUSA
Lela Powers[2] F 15 Nov 1894 19 Jan 2005 110 years, 65 days United StatesUSA
Waki Muneta[1] F 22 Mar 1893 20 Jan 2005 111 years, 304 days JapanJPN
Doris Prater[1] F 26 Oct 1893 21 Jan 2005 111 years, 87 days United Kingdom UK
Carlo Orelli[1] M 23 Dec 1894 22 Jan 2005 110 years, 30 days Italy ITA
Helene Ellis[1] F 24 Feb 1894 22 Jan 2005 110 years, 333 days United StatesUSA
Vera Kift[1] F 8 Apr 1894 26 Jan 2005 110 years, 293 days United Kingdom UK
Erna Scharfenberg[1] F 26 June 1894 26 Jan 2005 110 years, 214 days GermanyGER
Marie-Ange Bernard[1] F 2 Nov 1894 29 Jan 2005 110 years, 88 days CanadaCAN
Elisabeth Heck[5] F 11 July 1893 3 Feb 2005 111 years, 207 days GermanyGER
Gunhild Foerster[1] F 28 Dec 1893 4 Feb 2005 111 years, 38 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
Frank Sylvester[6] M 25 June 1893 12 Feb 2005 111 years, 232 days United StatesUSA
Germaine Stadler[1] F 29 Mar 1893 14 Feb 2005 111 years, 322 days FranceFRA
Marcelle Corlet[7] F 4 Feb 1893 17 Feb 2005 112 years, 13 days Martinique (France)MTQ,FranceFRA
Nancy Spicer[1] F 15 Jan 1895 22 Feb 2005 110 years, 38 days United StatesUSA
Kame Higa[1] F 22 June 1892 23 Feb 2005 112 years, 246 days JapanJPN
Hermann Dornemann[1] M 27 May 1893 2 Mar 2005 111 years, 279 days GermanyGER
Viva McComb[1] F 29 Mar 1894 3 Mar 2005 110 years, 339 days United StatesUSA
Kise Endoh[1] F 28 Dec 1893 3 Mar 2005 111 years, 65 days JapanJPN
Yoki Koizumi[8] F 3 Feb 1895 8 Mar 2005 110 years, 33 days JapanJPNUnited StatesUSA
Christine Jodoin[1] F 17 Nov 1894 11 Mar 2005 110 years, 114 days CanadaCANUnited StatesUSA
Carolyn Drew[1] F 26 Aug 1894 16 Mar 2005 110 years, 202 days United StatesUSA
Julia Odom[1] F 9 Mar 1895 17 Mar 2005 110 years, 8 days United StatesUSA
Bessie Ritter[1] F 1 Oct 1894 19 Mar 2005 110 years, 169 days United StatesUSA
Ibra Jones[1] F 4 Apr 1894 21 Mar 2005 110 years, 351 days United StatesUSA
Ida Shelvin Williams[6] F 10 June 1891 25 Mar 2005 113 years, 288 days United StatesUSA
Anne Primout[1] F 5 Oct 1890 26 Mar 2005 114 years, 172 days French Algeria (1830–1962)F-ALG, FRA
FranceFRA
Fanny Bruel[1] F 18 Mar 1892 29 Mar 2005 112 years, 11 days FranceFRA
Pasqualina Colli[1] F 17 May 1894 29 Mar 2005 110 years, 316 days Italy ITA
Tullia Pesce[1] F 23 Feb 1895 3 Apr 2005 110 years, 39 days Italy ITA
Etta Morgan[2] F 17 Nov 1894 3 Apr 2005 110 years, 137 days United StatesUSA
Ura Koyama[1] F 30 Aug 1890 5 Apr 2005 114 years, 218 days JapanJPN
Tane Komine[1] F 18 Mar 1893 6 Apr 2005 112 years, 19 days JapanJPN
Minnie Kearby[1] F 14 Apr 1893 7 Apr 2005 111 years, 358 days United StatesUSA
Virginia Monteiro[9] F 28 Mar 1895 7 Apr 2005 110 years, 10 days Cape VerdeCPVUnited StatesUSA
Toyo Shibata[10] F 6 Nov 1894 8 Apr 2005 110 years, 153 days JapanJPN
Fenimola Farinelli-Beghetti[1] F 1 Oct 1894 30 Apr 2005 110 years, 211 days Italy ITA
Yukino Kato[11] F 24 Feb 1895 1 May 2005 110 years, 66 days JapanJPN
Florence Van Stockum[1] F 5 Oct 1894 2 May 2005 110 years, 209 days United Kingdom UK United StatesUSA
Shizuko Oyama[1] F 8 Dec 1893 14 May 2005 111 years, 157 days JapanJPN
Yettie Wilson[1] F 28 Aug 1892 27 May 2005 112 years, 272 days United StatesUSA
Margaret Russell[1] F 31 Oct 1892 29 May 2005 112 years, 210 days United StatesUSA
Isacia Díez[12] F 21 Apr 1895 2 June 2005 110 years, 42 days SpainESP
Rosa Broz[1] F 18 Jan 1895 4 June 2005 110 years, 137 days AustriaAUT
Maria Montanez de Gonzalez F 31 Dec 1894 9 June 2005 110 years, 160 days MexicoMEXUnited StatesUSA
Mamie Legg[1] F 9 Jan 1894 13 June 2005 111 years, 155 days United StatesUSA
Ethel Woodson[13] F 6 Nov 1894 17 June 2005 110 years, 223 days United StatesUSA
Lottie Shaw[14] F 18 Oct 1894 18 June 2005 110 years, 235 days United Kingdom UK
Secundina Camarena[15] F 16 July 1891 20 June 2005 113 years, 339 days MexicoMEXUnited StatesUSA
Edith Taylor[1] F 1 May 1894 20 June 2005 111 years, 50 days United StatesUSA
Ruth West[1] F 24 Oct 1893 30 June 2005 111 years, 249 days United StatesUSA
Fui Onigahara[12] F 13 Dec 1894 30 June 2005 110 years, 199 days JapanJPN
Kohachi Shigetaka[1] M 10 May 1895 3 July 2005 110 years, 54 days JapanJPN
Alice Thomas[1] F 24 Aug 1894 5 July 2005 110 years, 315 days United StatesUSA
Grace Thaxton[1] F 18 June 1891 6 July 2005 114 years, 18 days United StatesUSA
Bertha Cheney[1] F 21 Dec 1894 10 July 2005 110 years, 201 days United StatesUSA
Frieda Muller[1] F 18 Oct 1894 21 July 2005 110 years, 276 days GermanyGER
Adella Peters[1] F 6 Feb 1895 23 July 2005 110 years, 167 days United StatesUSA
Perfecta Luera[1] F 16 June 1895 23 July 2005 110 years, 37 days United StatesUSA
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes[1] F 24 Oct 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days PortugalPOR
Charles Young[1] M 28 Dec 1894 27 July 2005 110 years, 211 days United StatesUSA
Frieda Staaf[1] F 20 Oct 1893 2 Aug 2005 111 years, 286 days United StatesUSA
Janosne Varga[16] F 10 Mar 1895 11 Aug 2005 110 years, 154 days HungaryHUN
Ella Mae Stumpe[1] F 12 July 1895 16 Aug 2005 110 years, 35 days United StatesUSA
Hisa Kurihara[1] F 5 Feb 1894 23 Aug 2005 111 years, 199 days United StatesUSA
Ethel Colbert[17] F 25 July 1895 27 Aug 2005 110 years, 33 days United StatesUSA
Florence Reeves[1] F 17 Feb 1894 28 Aug 2005 111 years, 192 days United Kingdom UK
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper[1] F 29 June 1890 30 Aug 2005 115 years, 62 days NetherlandsNED
Carrie McDonald[1] F 4 Dec 1894 30 Aug 2005 110 years, 269 days United StatesUSA
Kaya Itoh[1] F 30 Aug 1894 1 Sept 2005 111 years, 2 days JapanJPN
Maggie Edwards[1] F 31 Mar 1894 4 Sept 2005 111 years, 157 days United StatesUSA
Ella Coleman[1] F 12 Dec 1893 13 Sept 2005 111 years, 275 days United StatesUSA
Carolina Capello[1] F 12 June 1895 16 Sept 2005 110 years, 96 days Italy ITA
Natsu Kumagawa[1] F 9 Aug 1895 30 Sept 2005 110 years, 52 days JapanJPN
Julia Sinedia-Cazour[1] F 12 July 1892 6 Oct 2005 113 years, 86 days Réunion (France)REU, FRA
Rosabell Fenstermaker[1] F 4 Nov 1893 14 Oct 2005 111 years, 344 days United StatesUSA
Giulia Gemignani[1] F 25 Mar 1895 21 Oct 2005 110 years, 210 days Italy ITA United StatesUSA
Lydia Newton[1] F 23 Mar 1893 30 Oct 2005 112 years, 221 days United StatesUSA
Maria Gentilini[1] F 12 May 1894 4 Nov 2005 111 years, 176 days Italy ITA
Henry Hartmann[1] M 14 July 1894 10 Nov 2005 111 years, 119 days United StatesUSA
Mary Ann Hebden[1] F 4 Oct 1893 30 Nov 2005 112 years, 57 days United Kingdom UK
Mary Viola Shores[1] F 24 Aug 1895 1 Dec 2005 110 years, 99 days United StatesUSA
Elizabeth Yensen[1] F 25 July 1895 4 Dec 2005 110 years, 132 days United Kingdom UK
Nieves Herrera[18] F 24 Dec 1892 5 Dec 2005 112 years, 346 days CubaCUBUnited StatesUSA
Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski[1] M 19 July 1894 6 Dec 2005 111 years, 140 days UkraineUKRUnited Kingdom UK
Lucy d'Abreu[1] F 24 May 1892 7 Dec 2005 113 years, 197 days IndiaINDUnited Kingdom UK
Florence Himes[2] F 22 Sept 1895 8 Dec 2005 110 years, 77 days United Kingdom UK CanadaCAN
Marie-Louise Bernede[1] F 6 Apr 1894 11 Dec 2005 111 years, 249 days FranceFRA
Gladys Swetland[1] F 18 Apr 1892 14 Dec 2005 113 years, 240 days United StatesUSA
Jessie McArthur[1] F 9 Aug 1895 14 Dec 2005 110 years, 127 days United StatesUSA
Choho Sukuhara[19] M 12 Oct 1895 15 Dec 2005 110 years, 64 days JapanJPN
Martha Lapsa[20] F 9 June 1895 27 Dec 2005 110 years, 201 days LatviaLATUnited StatesUSA
Elva Gray[21] F 11 Sept 1895 27 Dec 2005 110 years, 107 days United StatesUSA
Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi[1] F 24 Dec 1891 28 Dec 2005 114 years, 4 days Italy ITA
Mary Burton[22] F 17 Jan 1894 30 Dec 2005 111 years, 347 days United StatesUSA
Hilda Hakkinen[1] F 18 Mar 1894 31 Dec 2005 111 years, 288 days FinlandFIN

Incomplete cases[]

Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
Toshio Tanabe[23] F 28 Feb 1895 Apr/May 2005 110 years, 32-92 days JapanJPN
Shima Shundo/Shige Kubota[23] F 1895 Apr/May 2005 110 years, 0-150 days JapanJPN
Lu Jianping [24] F Feb 1894 2 Oct 2005 111 years, 216-243 days ChinaCHN
Hiro Kimoto[23] F 5 Oct 1892 Oct 2005? 113 years, 0-26 days? JapanJPN
Naka Morii[1] F 27 Sept 1893 Dec 2005 112 years, 65-95 days JapanJPN
Akito Takana[25] F 1893 2005 111 years, 1+ day JapanJPN

Questionable cases[]

Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
Lim Khoo Chai[26] F 5 July 1891? 15 April 2005 113 years, 284 days? MalaysiaMYS
Mark Matthews[27] M 7 Aug 1894? 6 Sept 2005 111 years, 30 days? United StatesUSA

References[]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51 1.52 1.53 1.54 1.55 1.56 1.57 1.58 1.59 1.60 1.61 1.62 1.63 1.64 1.65 1.66 1.67 1.68 1.69 1.70 1.71 1.72 1.73 1.74 1.75 1.76 1.77 1.78 1.79 Deaths for 2005 (in Chronological Order) Gerontology Research Group
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pending Cases List as of 15 February 2015 Gerontology Research Group
  3. GRG Verified Supercentenarian Cases - United Kingdom Gerontology Research Group
  4. Hanayo Kami (1894?-2005), JP/US (HI) The 110 Club
  5. Elisabeth Heck GRG Gallery
  6. 6.0 6.1 GRG False And Exaggerated Claims (as of October 27, 2009) Gerontology Research Group
  7. Personnes françaises les plus âgées de tous les temps Les Centenaires Français
  8. Yoki Koizumi (1895?-2005), JP/US (HI) The 110 Club
  9. VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES - CHRONOLOGY, PORTUGAL Gerontology Research Group (As of 20 June 2006)
  10. List of incomplete Japanese claims (as of 1 June 2018) The 110 Club
  11. Deceased supercentenarian women in Japan in 2005 The 110 Club
  12. 12.0 12.1 GRG Table B2 Gerontology Research Group
  13. Ethel Woodson (1894?-2005), US (TN) The 110 Club
  14. Showing results for all European supercentenarians who died in or are currently living in United Kingdom (page 2) European Supercentenarian Organisation
  15. Secundina Camarena (1891-2005) validation Gerontology Research Group, 16 January 2024
  16. budapestsun.com, March 2003 (via WOP Group) (dead link)
  17. Ethel Colbert Find A Grave
  18. Nieves P. Herrera Find A Grave
  19. Okinawa Times, 17 December 2005
  20. Marta Lapsa Find a Grave
  21. Elva May Gray (1895-2005) The 110 Club
  22. 107th Birthday Article The Chicago Defender, 24 May 2001
  23. 23.0 23.1 23.2 List of incomplete Japanese supercentenarians (as of 1 April 2021) The 110 Club
  24. 上海第一寿星2日仙逝 享年111周岁 Sina (新浪), 3 October 2005
  25. List of incomplete Japanese claims (as of 1 May 2018) The 110 Club
  26. 马来西亚113岁女寿星去世 Sina (新浪), 18 April 2005
  27. Oldest Buffalo Soldier dies at 111 The Washington Post, 15 September 2005 (Archived)


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