| Brigida Ruiz de Cuevas | |
 Ruiz de Cuevas at the age of 109 | |
| Birth: | 8 October 1907 Cordillera Department, Paraguay |
| Death: | 1 October 2018 Loma Grande, Cordillera Department, Paraguay |
| Age: | 110 years, 358 days |
| Country: |  PAR
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| Validated | |
Brigida Ruiz de Cuevas (Spanish: Brígida Ruíz; 8 October 1907 – 1 October 2018) was a Paraguayan supercentenarian who was the oldest known living person in Paraguay at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Brigida Ruiz was born in Cordillera Department, Paraguay on 8 October 1907. At the age of 15, she married Miguel Cuevas. Her husband later fought in the Chaco War (1932–35). The couple had eight children. Her husband died around 1980.
She lived with her daughter Regina until April 2014 when Regina suffered a heart attack and Brigida went to live with his granddaughter María Cuevas de Orué (aged 59 in 2016).
As of October 2016, she had one living daughter Regina (aged 71), 37 grandchildren, 67 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren.
In October 2017, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. Following the death of 111-year-old Silverio Pereira Ayala on 30 May 2018, she became the oldest known (documented) living person in Paraguay.
Brigida Ruiz de Cuevas died in Loma Grande, Cordillera Department, Paraguay on 1 October 2018 at the age of 110 years, 358 days, just a week short of her 111th birthday.
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References[]
- 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Cumple 107 años en Loma Grande y ella atribuye su longevidad al cariño ABC, 12 October 2014
- Doña Brígida, 109 años de historias y amor familiar Crónica, 17 October 2016
- Hoy mi querida supercentenaria abuela Brígida cumple 110 años de vida! Jorge Daniel Orué Cuevas (Facebook), 8 October 2017
- Brígida Ruiz Vda. de Cuevas Obituary Diario ABC, 2 October 2018