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Berta Grez Martinez

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Berta Grez Martinez
Berta Grez Martinez
Birth: 1 March 1911
Curico, Maule Region, Chile
Death: 27 October 2023
Curico, Maule Region, Chile
Age: 112 years, 240 days
Country: ChileCHL
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Berta Margarita Grez Martinez [Spanish: Berta Margarita Grez Martínez] (1 March 1911 – 27 October 2023) was a Chilean supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the second-oldest known living person in Chile, behind Eudocia Barria Barrientos.

Biography[]

Berta Grez Martinez was born in Curico, Maule Region, Chile on 1 March 1911. She married Aristides Ahumada. The couple had 10 children (four still living as of March 2021), 38 grandchildren, 89 great-grandchildren, and 80 great-great-grandchildren.

Grez Martinez has suffered from medical problems in recent years. It was reported recently that she suffered a fall, she was taken to Curico Hospital, where they performed an immediate operation. Martinez successfully recovered, and is currently living in a wheel chair.

In March 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. At the age of 112, her oldest living daughter, María Ahumada Grez was 90 years old.

Berta Grez Martinez died in Curico, Maule Region, Chile on 27 October 2023 at the age of 112 years, 240 days.

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