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Biography
Fanny Félicie Florentine Pardon-Godin (27 May 1902 – 7 September 2014) was a Belgian supercentenarian. She was born in Huy (Hoei), in the province of Liege, and lived in Zoutleeuw (Leau), which is part of the province of Flemish Brabant. Godin is the second oldest Belgian person ever. The oldest person ever from Belgium was Joanna Deroover (3 June 1890 – 6 December 2002, aged 112 years and 186 days).
Godin was born on 27 May 1902, the youngest of four daughters. She married Jacques Pardon (1907 – 1977) in 1941. They had a daughter, Claude, in 1944. She had no grandchildren. She was able to swim until she was 109 years old. Godin was the oldest living person of Belgium since the death of 111-year-old Germaine Degueldre on 11 May 2012, until her own death at age 112 on 7 September 2014. after her death, 110-year-old Anna De Guchtenaere became the oldest person in Belgium.