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Catalina Zavalza Pena
Catalina Zavalza Pena
Birth: 3 January 1911
Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
Death: 13 January 2022
Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico
Age: 111 years, 10 days
Country: MexicoMEX
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Catalina Zavalza Pena (Spanish: Peña; 3 January 1911 – 13 January 2022) was a Mexican supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

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Catalina Zavalza Pena was born in Cimarron Chico de la Raicilla, Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico on 3 January 1911. She married Miguel Chavez Lopez [Spanish: Chávez López] (1 March 1910 – fl.10 August 2011) on 5 November 1935. The couple had many children. She became blind at the age of around 95. Her husband Miguel lived to be at least 101.

In January 2021, she celebrated her 110th birthday.

Zavalza Pena died in Mascota, Jalisco, Mexico on 13 January 2022 at the age of 111 years, 10 days. At the time of her death, her oldest living child, Sara, was age almost 90.

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