Sister André was born Lucile Randon on Feb. 11, 1904 – the same year Theodore Roosevelt was elected president.

As the world’s oldest living person, French nun Lucile Randon survived two world wars — and several pandemics. She died at 118.

As a young woman, Sister André worked as a teacher and governess before becoming a Catholic nun in 1944. She also spent almost three decades working at a hospital with orphans and elderly people in France.

She once said, “They say work kills, but it’s work that made me live.” “I worked until I was 108.”

She lost her sight in her later years but continued to enjoy chocolate and a daily glass of wine.

Living through the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, she easily fended off a bout with COVID-19 in 2021. She tested positive for the virus at her nursing home, but didn’t show any symptoms.

At the time, she said she did not mind dying. When asked if she feared COVID, she said, “No, I wasn’t scared because I wasn’t scared to die… I’m happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else – join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother.”

While living well into triple digits, Sister André still indulged in sweets with chocolate, a guilty pleasure of hers. She also had a glass of wine every day with a staff member at her nursing home, speculating it was her “longevity secret.”

She was at the Sainte Catherine Labouré nursing home for more than a decade before she died.

The mayor of Toulon, Hubert Falco, said that France lost a nun with a big heart, who had immense wisdom and love for others.

Sister André lived a good life caring and helping others. She will always shine brightly In Heaven with the Stars.