| Eudocia Barria Barrientos | |
 Eudocia Barria Barrientos on her 112th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 10 February 1911 Mechuque, Los Lagos Region, Chile |
| Death: | 5 March 2024 Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile |
| Age: | 113 years, 24 days |
| Country: |  CHL
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| Unvalidated | |
Maria Eudocia Barria Barrientos [Spanish: María Eudocia Barría Barrientos] (10 February 1911 – 5 March 2024) was a Chilean supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Chile.
Biography[]
Eudocia Barria Barrientos was born in Mechuque, Los Lagos Region, Chile on 10 February 1911. Her parents were Zacarias Barria and Juana Barrientos. Her father was a mason. Her older brother, Abel, was a merchant navy man, and her younger sister, Francisca, died during shipwreck at the age of 2. She moved to Puerto Montt when she was fairly young and studied sewing and embroidery at the Singer company workshop. She still uses a sewing machine that she has owned since the 1930s.
At the age of 110, she was still able to sew. At the age of 113, she was still able to walk with the help of a cane and had some difficulties with hearing. She had two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
Eudocia Barria Barrientos died of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 in Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region, Chile on 5 March 2024 at the age of 113 years, 24 days.
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References[]
- Longeviquest visita a la persona viva más longeva en chile y tiene casi 113 años Periodismo del Mercosur, 4 February 2024
- A los 113 años falleció la puertomontina que fuera la mujer más longeva de Chile SoyChile, 6 March 2024
| Chile's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Luis Quiroga Cossio • Rita Emma Escobar Morales • Margarita Arriagada Cancino • Maria Mercedes Diaz Quijano • Delfina Begue San Martin • Josefina Villa Echeverria • Flor Maria Valdebenito • Filomena Canales Galvez • Manuel Benavente Sanhueza • Carmen Navarra Castro • Eudocia Barria Barrientos • Aida Pizarro Serrano • Rosa Laura Torres Barra |