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Eudocia Barria Barrientos
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: ChileCHL
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Maria Eudocia Barria Barrientos [Spanish: María Eudocia Barría Barrientos] (10 February 1911 – 5 March 2024) was a Chilean supercentenarian whose age was validated 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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Oldest Living Person in Chile Titleholders (VE)

Margarita Arriagada CancinoMaria Mercedes Diaz QuijanoDelfina Begue San MartinJosefina Villa EcheverríaFlor Maria ValdebenitoFilomena Canales GalvezManuel Benavente SanhuezaCarmen Navarra CastroEudocia Barria BarrientosRosa Laura Torres Barra

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