French nun Lucile Randon, The World’s oldest person, died aged 118 and 340 days on Tuesday a few weeks before her 119th birthday, reported by a local spokesman. Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born on February 11, 1904, in Southern France, and World War I was still away for a decade.
David Tavella, a spokesman said, She died at the Sainte Catherine Laboure nursing home in the town of Toulon at 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
She didn’t ask me about her health but about her routine. She wanted to know for example if the meal and bedtimes were going to change. She showed no fear of the illness, in fact, she was more worried about the other residents. There is great sadness but… it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it’s a liberation.”
David Tavella told AFP.
World’s Oldest Person
The sister was long feted as the oldest European, before the death of Japan’s Kane Tanaka aged 119 last year left her the longest-lived person on Earth. Randon was long-feted as the oldest European, she took place of World’s oldest person after the death of Japan’s Kane Tanaka who died at 119.
About Randon’s Life
She was born in the same year as New York opened its first subway. Tour de France was staged once when she was born. She was the only girl among three brothers in a Protestant family, she lived in the Southern town of Ales.
On her 116th birthday, she told AFP while interviewing that one of her adoring memories was the return of two of her brothers at the end of World War I. She added It was rare, in families, there were usually two dead rather than two alive. They both came back.
Lucile Randon worked as a governess for wealthy families’ children in Paris. She described that time as the happiest time of her life. She converted to Catholicism at 26.
Of ambition to go further, she joined the Daughters of Charity as a nun at 41. Then she was assigned to a hospital in Vichy, where she worked for 31 years. In later life she moved to Toulon along the Mediterranean coast.
Her days in the nursing home were punctuated by prayer, mealtimes and visits from residents and hospice workers. She also received a steady flow of letters, almost all of which she responded to.
In later life, Along with the Mediterranean coast, she moved to Toulon. While she was in a nursing home, she was punctuated by prayer, mealtimes, and visits from residents and hospice workers.
Survivor of Pandemic
In 2021 she survived catching Covid-19, which infected 81 residents of her nursing home. She got tested positive for Covid-19, which infected 81 residents of her nursing home, but she survived. When France’s reporter asked her, if was she scared while having Covid? She answered,
No, I wasn’t scared because I wasn’t scared to die … I’m happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else – join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother.”
Lucile Randon answered France’ reporter.
Secret of live long
In 2020, Randon told French radio, I haven’t idea how long I’ll live. Moreover, she said, I’ve no idea what the secret is. Only God can answer that question, she added. I’ve had plenty of unhappiness in life and during the 1914-1918 war when I was a child, I suffered like everyone else.
Work kept me alive. People say that work kills, for me work kept me alive, I kept working until I was 108. People should help each other and love each other instead of hating. If we shared all that, things would be a lot better.”
Lucile Randon told France’ reporter.
She denied request for DNA
When she got a request for a lock of hair or DNA samples for her secret of longevity, she rejected it by saying “only the Lord Knows.”
