Seychelles mourns its oldest citizen who died at age 111
Seychelles has lost its oldest citizen, Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau, who died at age 111 on October 25.
She died at the Seychelles Hospital where she was admitted the day before her demise.
Pouponneau, a former language teacher, became the oldest centenarian in 2021 at the age of 109, after the death of Nancy Marie at 112 years old in May of that year, Seychelles News Agency reports.
President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, in a message said, "On behalf of the country and on my personal behalf, we convey our sincere condolence to her family and friends, wishing them courage during this time of great loss."
The other centenarians in Seychelles are Antionette Barrack, aged 104; Antonia Antoine, aged 103; Claire Coutts, aged 101; Theresia Flore and Noemie Payet, both aged 101; and Evangeline Joubert, Mireille Changty Seng, Noellie Jeremie, Esterillia Lemiel, and Raymond Hoaureau, who are all 100 years old.
The oldest living person in the world in 2023, according to the Guinness World Records, is María Branyas Morera who is 115 years 321 days old, as of 19 January 2023. She was born in San Francisco, California, on March 4, 1907. However, South Africa’s Johanna Mazibuko, who died two months before turning 129 in March was said to have been the world’s oldest living person, according to local South African media, News24.
