{"id":114141,"date":"2026-01-27T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114141\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:13:10","slug":"new-yorks-oldest-resident-louise-jean-signore-dead-at-113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/114141\/","title":{"rendered":"New York’s oldest resident Louise Jean Signore dead at 113"},"content":{"rendered":"

Louise Jean Signore was alive to witness two world wars, the Great Depression, the moon landing, and even the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. <\/p>\n

Feisty to the end, the Big Apple\u2019s oldest resident<\/a> has now died at 113, friends told The Post. <\/p>\n

Born in 1912 in Harlem,<\/a> the oldest of five siblings born to Italian immigrant parents, Signore was a true New Yorker who worked for the MTA for 39 years, including as an administrative assistant.<\/p>\n

Louise Jean Signore with friend Frances Perkins, 77, shortly after Signore celebrated her 113th birthday. Courtesy<\/p>\n

Louise Jean Signore was born in Harlem and grew up in the Bronx, and worked for the MTA for 39 years. James Keivom<\/p>\n

She attributed her long life to physical activity, from swimming at Orchard Beach, long walks and a passion for music and dancing that lasted through her final years at Co-Op City in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

After her mother retired to Florida, Signore would spend the winter months there, playing bocce ball, swimming and biking in the warmer climate, according to the age-tracking site LongeviQuest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Described by friends as \u201cfeisty to the end,\u201d Signore even survived being mugged in her building at the age of 103 in 2016 \u2014 with the crook knocking her to the ground and staling $35 and a pack of bingo cards. <\/p>\n

In August, The Post celebrated her 113th birthday with a report on her trip to the Bartow Center near her Bronx housing complex to listen to her favorite music \u2014 still unable to stop tapping her feet.<\/p>\n

Signore seen with friends in a 1928 photograph.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loved to dance, and when she heard the music she began to tapping her feet,\u201d friend Frances Perkins said at the time. \u201cShe used to go to hang out, play bingo and do line dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to LongeviQuest, longevity was a common trait in Signore\u2019s family \u2014 her younger sister lived past 102, her mom died at 97, and all three of her brothers died in their mid-90s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louise Jean Signore was alive to witness two world wars, the Great Depression, the moon landing, and even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[5425,128,13531,11798,57,9,24,63,322,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-114141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-aging","tag-bronx","tag-dancing","tag-elderly-care","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-obituaries","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}