death_date death_place children birth_place name parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name
21 october 1986 florissant , missouri , united states edward augustus hester gertrude czarnikau , province of posen , german empire augusta holtz michael hoppe wilhemina henrietta quade 3 august 1871 edward holtz -lrb- 1900-1923 -rrb- -lrb- his death -rrb- augusta holtz
 augusta louise hoppe
augusta holtz

augusta louise holtz -lrb- née hoppe -rrb- -lrb- 3 august 1871 -- 21 october 1986 -rrb- was the world 's oldest person from the 16 february 1985 death of mathew beard to her own death on 21 october 1986 , aged 115 years 79 days .
she was born in the prussian province of posen of the german empire , modern-day poland , in 1871 to michael hoppe and wilhemina henrietta -lrb- quade -rrb- hoppe .
according to her granddaughter , she lacked a birth certificate that would authenticate her claim and therefore was not listed by guinness world records .
however her age was later verified by the gerontology research group in 2012 , and she was posthumously recognised as the oldest verified person after the death of mathew beard on 16 february 1985 .
at the time of her death she was the oldest verified person ever up until that point and the first person known to have reached the age of 115 .
she moved to the u.s. at age 2 in 1873 .
her father owned a farm near troy , illinois .
she grew up with three siblings .
she married edward holtz in 1900 , who died in 1923 .
she had four children with him -- two sons -lrb- edward and augustus -rrb- and two daughters -lrb- hester and gertrude -rrb- .
she later moved to st. louis county , missouri , where she died at the st. sophia geriatric center in florissant .
