Maria Redaelli

Maria Angela Redaelli was an Italian supercentenarian. At the time of her death, just one day shy of her 114th birthday, she was the oldest living person in Italy, the oldest living person in Europe and the fourth oldest living person in the world .

Maria Angela Redaelli was born onApril 1899 in Inzago, near Milan in the region of Lombardy. She married Gaspare Granoli and the couple raised two children, Carla and Luigi . She worked in a silk spinning mill for almostyears while her husband was a steelworker in the Breda Industry, in Sesto San Giovanni, where they lived. After 1974, Redaelli moved to Novate Milanese and lived with her daughters family. In her last days she was in good health, clear headed, quite active, and was still able to walk. Although she had some problems with her sight and hearing, she still read newspapers and magazines every day and on television followed her greatest passion and favourite football club, Inter Milan.

Source: Wikipedia