R.I.P.  Else Tostmann

Ruhe in Frieden, Else Tostmann (1913-2025/2026).

Rest in peace Ms Else Tostmann.

R.I.P. Ms. Tostmann. Her exact date isn't confirmed yet

Are we 100% sure that Else died considering we just had two death hoaxes?

https://longeviquest.com/2026/01/else-tostmann-germanys-oldest-person-dies-at-112/

Else Tostmann, Germany’s Oldest Person, Dies at 112

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Else Tostmann, the oldest living person in Germany, recently passed away in Adenstedt, Lower Saxony, at the age of 112.

Tostmann was born in Adenstedt, on 20 October 1913. She was baptized and confirmed in Adenstedt.

In 1939, she married Heinrich Tostmann. According to her, the most terrible experience of her life was a low-level attack over Adenstedt in 1944 during World War II, while she held her daughter Helga in her arms. Her husband never returned from the war. She initially worked in agriculture but later discovered her passion for cooking. According to her daughter, there was hardly a house in the village where she didn’t cook for parties during that time.

She was believed to have become the nation’s oldest living resident around June 2025 and was the last known person in Germany born in 1913.

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She passed away on 2 January it seems, although I thought they got the information from Livinho, who listed her as dead on 2 January, but then said that the death date was unknown https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/else-tostmann/  

She is the 1005th oldest person in history.
She is the 859th oldest woman in history.
She is the 13th oldest person in German history; her successor, Ilse Neumann (b. July 23, 1914), is the 37th oldest person in German history.
Else was the oldest person in Germany since June 2025 (216+ days), the shortest time since Anna Cernohorsky, July 16, 2022 - September 18, 2022 (64 days).
She died at 112 years, 74 days, the youngest in that position since Adele Rodenstein, who died on July 18, 2020, at 111 years, 319 days.
She is the 4th person from Lower Saxony to be considered the oldest in the country, the first since Gertrud Henze, who died on April 22, 2014.
She is the 238th oldest European person in history.
She was the... 13th oldest living European
She died at the same age as Charlotte Flowers 20 Feb 1900 4 May 2012 USA
She would be the 54th oldest living person in the world.

Ms. Tostmann, rest in peace.

She was buried January 3 2026. In German countries it is exceptional rarely that a person´s obituary is only one day after the death. In a coffin mostly three days later and in an urn a week/10 days later.

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She was buried January 3 2026. In German countries it is exceptional rarely that a person´s obituary is only one day after the death. In a coffin mostly three days later and in an urn a week/10 days later.

It has now been confirmed by Georg Fuerholzer that Else did die on 2 January, she just had her funeral one day later, rather than just waiting a few weeks/months. This post needs updating to 2026 page.