| Ruth Engström | |
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Ruth Engstrom [Swedish: Ruth Engström] (23 September 1902 – 2 December 2013) was a validated Swedish supercentenarian.
She was born in Nybro. She owned a store that sold hats and accessories before marrying Folke Engstrom in the early 1920s. He got a job in a match factory in India, so the couple moved there and lived in Calcutta & Bombay. Altogether, the family stayed there for more than 30 years.
The family returned to Sweden in the early 1950s. Folke died of lung cancer in 1966. Ruth Engstrom herself died on 2 December 2013, at the age of 111 years, 70 days.
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- Hon blev änka – för 46 år sen. (Ruth Engström, 109, är äldst i Sverige) Aftonbladet
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