| Lillian Moran | |
 Moran on her 110th birthday in 2021 | |
| Birth: | 18 March 1911 Maddock, North Dakota, USA |
| Death: | 2 April 2024 Moorhead, Minnesota, USA |
| Age: | 113 years, 15 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Lillian Moran (née Jacobsen; 18 March 1911 – 2 April 2024) was an American supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Minnesota, as well as the oldest known person to survive COVID-19 twice.
Biography[]
Lillian Moran was born in Maddock, North Dakota, USA on 18 March 1911 to Jacob and Emma Julia (née Nottestad) Jacobsen. She married John Moran in 1940 and they had one son in September 1942, Gary Wayne, who died in December 2019. Her husband died in November 1963.
Moran's family has a history of longevity. Her mother died at the age of 99, a few months short of her 100th birthday, and her grandmother lived to the age of 103.
Moran grew up on a farm, milking cows and working in the fields. Her father was a farmer and blacksmith who owned a shop in Flora, North Dakota. Moran recalls working on threshing crews, and helping out on a cook car. Additionally, Moran worked part-time in a general store.
At the time of her 108th birthday in 2019, Moran used a wheelchair but took no prescribed medications. In March 2021, Moran celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.
Following the death of 114-year-old Erna Zahn on 9 August 2022, Moran became the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Moran celebrated her 112th birthday in May 2023 because she tested positive for COVID-19 in March. This was the second time Moran had survived COVID-19.
Moran died in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA at the age of 113 years, 15 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourth-oldest known living person in the United States, after Elizabeth Francis, Naomi Whitehead, and Herlda Senhouse.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Moorhead woman born in small North Dakota town turns 108 InForum, 18 March 2019
- Son Gary Moran's Obituary With Mother (Lillian Moran's) maiden name: Jacobsen Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, December 2019
- Lillian Moran turns 109 InForum, March 2020
- Lillian is celebrating her 110th birthday at Eventide on Eighth in Moorhead! Happiest of birthdays to you, Lillian! Eventide Senior Living Communities on Facebook, 18 March 2021
- Lillian Moran Turns 111 InForum, 12 March 2022
- Happy Birthday InForum, 11 March 2023
- Lillian Moran, the oldest living Minnesotan, celebrates 112th birthday CBS News Minnesota, 5 May 2023
- Minnesota’s oldest woman is 113 years old today Becky Blanshan Colebank on Facebook, 18 March 2024