Ms. Käte Rettkowski née Paykowski - of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany - sadly passed away on 11 August 2025, aged 109 years and 173 days.

She was born on 19 February 1916. She was until her death not known as one of the 15th oldest known living Germans. 

(Last mention on her 94th birthday in 2010:  https://www.webarchiv-server.de/pin/archiv10/0620100213paz51.htm  )

https://trauer.hildesheimer-allgemeine.de/traueranzeige/kaete-rettkowski

Rest in eternal peace, Ms. Rettkowski!