Ms. Gertrude Lemire Gagnon of Sherbrooke, Quebec (CAN) turned 110 y.o.
She was born on 2 September 1916.
https://publisherpt.substack.com/p/gertrude-lemire-gagnon-celebrates
She is the known OLP in Quebec, 10th OLP in Canada.
Happy 110th Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Ms. Gagnon! 🌺
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
https://longeviquest.com/2026/09/canadian-woman-gertrude-lemire-gagnon-turns-110/
Gertrude Lemire Gagnon, a resident of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, celebrated her 110th birthday on 2 September.
Gertrude Lemire Gagnon was born close to Ascot, in the Sherbrooke area in Quebec, Canada, on 2 September 1916, to parents Emmanuel Lemire (1885–1970) and Corinne Boisvert. When she reached adulthood, she began working and later moved to Sherbrooke. She initially worked as a teacher before joining a telephone company.
On 28 May 1938, at 21, she married Roland Gagnon, and the couple had five children.