Bernice Madigan - Wikipedia

Bernice Madigan (July 24, 1899 – January 3, 2015) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest living resident of Massachusetts,[3] the fourth-oldest living person in the United States,[4] and the world's fifth-oldest living person before her death.[4][5] She is one of 100 centenarians in The Archon Genomics XPRIZE.[6][7]

Biography
Bernice Emerson was born on July 24, 1899 in West Springfield, Massachusetts,[2][8][9] and moved to Cheshire when she was six.[10] In 1918, after graduating from Adams High School,[10][11] she responded to the government's drives to recruit women into employment during WWI, and moved to Washington, DC.[8] After the war, she worked as a secretary for the Department of the Treasury and the Veterans Administration.[12] She married Paul Madigan (d. 1976) in 1925;[12] they lived in the Washington, DC area and then in Silver Spring, Maryland.[10] She retired in 1942, after which she volunteered with the church and at nursing homes, playing piano for residents.[10] She returned to live with family in Massachusetts in 2007.[12] She participated in Boston University School of Medicine's New England Centenarian Study,[13] and was interviewed and filmed by the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago and the ABC World News.[13] She joined social media, with profiles on Facebook and Twitter.[12][14][15]

Madigan died in her sleep at the age of 115 years, 163 days at 2 a.m. on January 3, 2015.[9][15]

Born Bernice Emerson[1]
July 24, 1899[2]
West Springfield, Massachusetts
Died January 3, 2015
(aged 115 years, 163 days)
Cheshire, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Title Oldest living resident of Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Paul Madigan (1896–1976)
(m. 1925–1976; his death)[1]