| Elena Sireteanu | |
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| Birth: | 29 February 1908 Tutora, Iasi County, Kingdom of Romania (now Romania) |
| Death: | 24 July 2016 Bosia, Iasi County, Romania |
| Age: | 108 years, 146 days |
| Country: |  ROU
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| Centenarian | |
Elena Sireteanu (Romanian: Elena Sirețeanu; 29 February 1908 – 24 July 2016) was a Romanian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Romania at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Elena Sireteanu was born in Tutora, Iasi County, Kingdom of Romania (now Romania) on 29 February 1908. She became a widow at the age of 36 when her husband, Gheorghe Sireteanu, died during the battle during the World War II: I was 30 years old when my husband left for the war and has not returned since then. Their only son was only three years old when her husband left for the war. Siriteanu said that she was almost killed during the war, when one of the Russians came out from the train and shot her sister's mother-in-law in the head. Even many years after war ended, she hoped that her husband will return: I lost him on the front, but I still thought they would let him go and he would know how to come home. But I was alone with the boy, I was lucky to have a mother-in-law who behaved as she was my mother.
According to her grandchildren, she never took any pills nor the doctors ever visited her house. At the age of 102, she was spending most of her time in the garden yard, although her son and grandchildren were trying to persuade her to stop, fearing for her health. She became the oldest known living person in Romania, following the death of 108-year-old Margit Szemenyei on 26 May 2016.
Elena Sireteanu died in Bosia, Iasi County, Romania on 24 July 2016 at the age of 108 years, 146 days. Following her death, then 107-year-old Sofia Vrabie became the oldest known living person in Romania.
References[]
- Chiar astăzi a împlinit 108 ani! Cea mai longevivă româncă își sărbătorește ziua de naștere o dată la patru ani, pe 29 februarie Facebook Post, 29 February 2016
- Chiar astăzi a împlinit 108 ani! Cea mai longevivă româncă își sărbătorește ziua de naștere o dată la patru ani, pe 29 februarie Antena3, 29 February 2016
- Supraviețuitoarea unui secol umbrit de războaie Opinia Studenteasca, 7 March 2016
- A murit cea mai varstnica ieseanca din judet BZI.ro, 25 July 2016
| Romania's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Marton Mihaly • Maria Tudor • Margit Szemenyei • Elena Sireteanu • Sofia Vrabie • Dumitru Comanescu • Vasile Stamateanu • Ioan Lascau • Maria Mihai • Ilie Ciocan |