Ms. Denise Waelbers, the oldest living person in Belgium, sadly passed away today, aged 110, in Mortsel, Antwerp, Belgium.
She was born on 26 September 1915 in Lommel, Limburg, Belgium.
Denise Waelbers in September 2025.
The supercentenarian passed away today in her apartment in Mortsel, Antwerp.
Oldest Belgian Denise Waelbers (110) passes away: “I have seen something of the world... It has been good”
Rest in peace to the Doyenne of Belgium.
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. Waelbers.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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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
Rest in peace Ms Waelbers.