Genevieve Marszalek, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, passed away in Warren on 23 March, at the age of 111 years, 24 days, according to Sansone Funeral Home.

Marszalek was born on Wood Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, on 27 February 1914, to Pasquale “Patsy” and Frances Pangano. She was the second of five daughters. Her sister Sylvia Hall lived to be 102, and her sister Patricia Fojo was still alive at the age of 91 in 2024.

On 15 February 1943, she married Joseph Marszalek, who served with the FBI. The two of them had met while dancing at a hall on High Street. Due to her husband’s job, they moved frequently. They had one son, Robert (Bobby), born in 1945, who tragically lost his life while on duty in Hohenfels, Germany, shortly after his 23rd birthday in 1968. She worked as a typing instructor and bookkeeper.

Since turning 100, Marszalek had celebrated each birthday at the Bristol House of Pizza, a place she had been a loyal customer of for many years. She gave up driving at the age of 102.