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Title: Maine's legendary 'Lobster Lady' dies after working until she was 103 and waking up at 3am every day
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URL Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar ... lady-virginia-oliver-dies.html
Published: Jan 27, 2026
Author: ALYSSA GUZMAN,
Post Date: 2026-01-27 15:48:41 by A K A Stone
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Maine's legendary lobster lady has died at the age of 105 after spending years trapping the seafood with her son and becoming the state's first woman lobsterman. Virginia Oliver died on January 21 at a hospital near her Rockland, Maine home, according to the Boston Globe. 'She was a hard worker and a good mother,' her son, Max Oliver, told the outlet. For years, she and Max would go lobstering three times a week on her late husband's boat named after her. Her days would start at 3am, and she would meet her son to go out and check their hundreds of lobster traps. Virginia, who was the oldest licensed trapper in Maine, was in charge of measuring the lobsters and discarding the ones that were too small. She also captained their boat, filled bait bags, and gave her son 'hell once in a while,' he told the outlet. 'She’s the boss,' he said in 2021. Virginia had been lobstering since she was eight years old, when she would go out with her father. But she had to give up the career at the age of 103 after health condition forced her to stay ashore. Poster Comment: RIP Lobster Lady.
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