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| | name = Merle Barwis | |||
| | image = Merle Barwis.jpg | |||
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| | caption = Barwis in 2011 | |||
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| | birth_date = {{birthdate|1900|12|23}} | |||
| | birth_place = ], United States<ref name="Merle Barwis" /> | |||
| | death_date = {{death date|2014|11|22}}<br/>(aged {{age in years and days|1900|12|23|2014|11|22}}) | |||
| | death_place = ], Canada | |||
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| | spouse = Dewey Barwis | |||
| | children = Three | |||
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| '''Merle E. Barwis''' (December 23, 1900 – November 22, 2014)<ref></ref> was an American-Canadian ] who was at the time of her death, aged 113 years 334 days, the oldest living resident of Canada and one of oldest people ever in Canada.<ref name="Merle Barwis" /> She became the oldest living person in Canada from the death of ] on April 18, 2012, until her own death 2 years and 7 months later.<ref name="Merle Barwis" /><ref name="oldest person dies at 113">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/19/canadas-oldest-person-dies_n_1437074.html|title=Canada's Oldest Person Dies: Cora Hansen Passes Away At 113|date=April 19, 2012|accessdate=July 20, 2014|work=]}}</ref> Barwis was the last living Canadian person to have been born during the reign of ].<ref name="turns112" /><ref name="Vancouver Sun" /> | |||
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| ==Biography== | |||
| Merle Barwis was born on December 23, 1900, in ], United States. A few years later, her family moved to ], Canada.<ref name="turns112"> Retrieved July 20, 2014.</ref> She married Dewey Barwis in 1923 and had three children.<ref name="turns112" /> Her husband worked in the ]. In 1952, her husband having retired, her family moved to ]. Her husband died in 1966.<ref name="Merle Barwis" /><ref name="turns112" /> | |||
| She outlived her two sons and two of her 10 grandchildren. At the time of her death, she had 17 great-grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/11/27/oldest_canadian_merle_barwis_dies_at_113.html | title=Oldest Canadian Merle Barwis dies at 113 | publisher= '']'' | date=November 27, 2014 | accessdate=January 16, 2014}}</ref> | |||
| At the time of her death she was the fourth-longest lived person ever in Canada and the oldest person ever to live in ].<ref name="Merle Barwis">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/06/canada-oldest-person-merle-barwis_n_4549519.html|title=Canada's Oldest Person, Merle Barwis, Is Also B.C.'s Oldest Ever (VIDEO)|date=January 6, 2014|accessdate=July 20, 2014|work=]}}</ref><ref name="Vancouver Sun">{{cite news|url=http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Merle+Barwis+becomes+oldest+British+Columbian+ever/9351780/story.html|title= | |||
| Merle Barwis becomes the oldest British Columbian ever At 113 years and 14 days she is also among the 13 oldest people on the planet|date=January 5, 2014|accessdate=July 20, 2014|work=]}}</ref> | |||
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