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Maude Farris-luseMaud (Davis) Farris-Luse (January 21, 1887 - March 18, 2002) was the oldest recognized person in the world from June 2001 until she died in March 2002. She was succeeded in title by Kamato Hongo. She was born in Morley, Michigan, but moved to Steuben County, Indiana in 1891. She was 16 years old when, with her mother's permission, she married Jason Ferris, who worked in the livery stable of a hotel, in 1903. That was also the year she first saw an automobile. She and her husband, who later changed the spelling of his name to Farris though not all of their children did, moved to Coldwater, Michigan in 1925, where the last of their seven children was born. After his death she married Walter Luse. While her given name was "Maude," in her later years she chose to use the spelling "Maud." Farris-Luse, Maude Farris-Luse, Maude Farris-Luse, Maude
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