Ms. Vieno Nurmilaukas of Savitaipale, South Karelia (FIN) recently passed away, aged 108.
She was born on 23 September 1917.
In July 2025, following the passing of 108-year-old Helena Honkanen of Uusimaa, she became the oldest known living person in Finland.
She was the last person born before Finland got its independence on 6 December 1917.
https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000011991838.html
https://www.esaimaa.fi/paikalliset/9430746
Rest in peace to the Doyenne of Finland.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
R.I.P. Ms. Nurmilaukas.
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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