Mercedes, the centenarian who said that “the woman who respected herself went out with her husband,” dies

Dona died at the age of 109 Ana Mercedes Liriano Betanceswho described herself as a happy woman, who always liked music, dancing and playing dominoes.

Since her youth, Doña Mercedes was characterized by a elegant image and with the luxury of dress, with which she helped to show off many women of the upper class of Santiago, since she was a famous dressmaker.

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Raised without her parents since she was six years old, Doña Mercedes was born on September 24, 1996 in municipality of Baitoa, Santiago. She was the youngest of seven sisters, rural women, hard-working and humble. She married the now deceased at the age of 25. Jesus Maria Tolentino with whom he had seven children.

Mercedes considered herself a very Christian woman, honoring the date she was born, which commemorates the Day of the Virgin of Mercedes. Being the reason why it received its name.

According to an interview conducted by DAILY LIST to Doña Mercedes in 2019, the centenarian recounted, almost through tears, a time when she got upset with her husband for referring to her with an unpleasant term that It took away the grace of God.

Also, she understood that a woman who respected herself did not go out without her husband, so Mercedes did not go to activities without Tolentino.

“The woman who respected herself did it like that, she went out with her husband”he commented.

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Liriano Betances inherited his passion for sewing from his mother, who was also a dressmaker. It was integrated by sewing the hems of the dresses. Later, in his adulthood he installed a “Brides House” in Santiago, where he rented and sold wedding suits.

Likewise, he liked to educate despite having only completed up to the fourth grade, and within his own home he established a small school where 45 children learned to read and write. After this, he set up a boarding house to rent to students.