The French sister André, who was the dean of known humanity since April, died in her sleep on the night of Monday to Tuesday in her retirement home in Toulon, in the south of France, announced to AFP his spokesperson on Tuesday evening.
"A liberation"
“She died at 2:00 a.m. There is great sadness but she wanted it, it was her desire to join her beloved brother. For her, it's a liberation”
, explained David Tavella, in charge of communication at the Sainte-Catherine-Labouré accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people where she lived.
Born Lucile Randon in 1904, in Alès (Gard), in a Protestant family, she had been living in an Ehpad, in Toulon, for more than thirteen years.
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