Motra, first centenary for 17 years in this town south of Caen
By Gregory Maucorps
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Since this Sunday, November 27, 2022, Motra Phélippot is aged 100 years. It’s here single centenarian of the municipality of Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay, south of Caen (Calvados). The first since 2005. “It doesn’t bother me at all. Living to be 100 is a long time! “, she breathes, the mischievous eye. For the occasion, the municipality offered her flowers and chocolates.
She meets her husband in deportation
Alert and always at home, Motra was born in Vinnytsia in Ukraine in 1922, about 250 km from kyiv. During her deportation to Germany during the Second World War, she met her husband André, a prisoner of war. She then followed him to settle in Saint-Martin-de-Fontenay in 1945. “We arrived in Saint-Martin on May 8, 1945, the bells were ringing, we were told that it was the end of the war “.
Having had three daughters (Marie-Joseph, Annick and Nicole), this former farmer, “who worked very hard”, also has five grandchildren and a great-grandson.
“Why am I still here? »
Ukrainian by birth, Motra is saddened by the current situation in Ukraine, she who still has family there. “It’s really unfortunate. Why kill people there? “, she asks.
A fan of crossword puzzles, the young centenarian only uses his glasses to read. “I take care. I am well offered by my family, I have no pain, I am in good health and I am lucky to stay at home. Then why am I still here? To annoy my children! “, she lets go, with a smile, in a last pirouette.
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