Margaret Fish
| Margaret Fish | |
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| Born | 7 March 1899 Bow, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 12 March 2011 (aged Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) Wilstead, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Known for | Oldest living person in the United Kingdom |
Margaret Ethel Fish (née Willetts; 7 March 1899 – 12 March 2011)[1][2] of Wilstead, Bedfordshire became the oldest person in the United Kingdom (at the age of 111 years, 225 days) following the death of 111-year-old Elsie Steele on 18 October 2010[3] until her own death on 12 March 2011, aged 112 years, 5 days.
Biography
She was born at Tower Hamlets and married Frank Fish, a World War I veteran, in 1928. Frank died in 1987 at the age of 89 of a heart and lung condition.[4] Margaret was a dressmaker and lived independently at Cople until the age of 104.[5] Later, she moved to live with her 71-year-old daughter Barbara for two years, and then she moved into Danecroft Nursing Home in Wilstead.[4]
Fish enjoyed television and having a good meal. When asked about her recipe to a long life she said to "not worry about it"; that there is no secret.[5]
She died in her nursing home on 12 March 2011, five days after her 112th birthday, since which time her health had declined.[6]
Fish had two daughters, Barbara and Elsie; several grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as 'living' whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year. Archived 1 December 2007 at WebCite
- ↑ Margaret Ethel Fish : Obituary
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- ↑ http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/notw/_news/1247461/Oldest-woman-in-Britain-dies-aged-112.html[dead link]
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