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Annabelle Holblinger
Annabelle Holblinger
Holblinger on her 113th birthday in 2022
Birth: 16 March 1909
Callicoon, New York, USA
Death: 27 January 2023
Pueblo West, Colorado, USA
Age: 113 years, 317 days
Country: United StatesUSA
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Annabelle Holblinger (née Rosenberger; 16 March 1909 – 27 January 2023) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Colorado at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Annabelle Holblinger was born in Callicoon, New York, USA on 16 March 1909. Her parents were George Rosenberger Sr. and Wilhelmine (née Schubert) Rosenberger. She had six siblings: one of them, Mae Kratz (1911–2015), lived to be 104, and three other siblings lived into their 90s. Her father lived to be 97. Her paternal cousin Marie Zalesky (1907–2016) died at the age of 109.

In 1932, she married Austrian-born Anton Holblinger, an electrical contractor. After their marriage, they moved into a fifth-floor Bronx apartment, and later to a home on Long Island. Holblinger filled the role of both homemaker — with a penchant for baking — and receptionist and occasional radio repairwoman for her husband's business. Once her daughters became teenagers, Holblinger joined the team at Macy's, first in the appliance department and later in women's clothing. Her husband died in 1996.

Following the death of 111-year-old Hazel Eikermann on 27 August 2019, Holblinger became the oldest known person living in Colorado. She became the oldest Colorado resident in history on 23 February 2021, having surpassed Mayree Dougherty's final age of 111 years, 343 days.

At the time of her 113th birthday in 2022, Holblinger was reported to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, making her one of the oldest people known to have been vaccinated against the disease.

Annabelle Holblinger died in Pueblo West, Colorado, USA on 27 January 2023 at the age of 113 years, 317 days. At the time of her death, she was the fourth-oldest validated living person in the United States, after Edie Ceccarelli, Hazel Plummer, and Nina Willis.

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